Zadeh v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
928 F.3d 457 · 2019
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan · Malley v. Briggs · Hunter v. Bryant · William Marbury v. James Madison
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 1983 meets Catch-22. Plaintiffs must produce precedent even as fewer courts are producing precedent. Important constitutional questions go unanswered precisely because no one's answered them before. Courts then rely on that judicial silence to conclude there's no equivalent case on the books. No precedent = no clearly established law = no liability. An Escherian Stairwell.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Kelsay v. Ernst · Cole v. Carson“letting public officials duck consequences for bad behavior-no matter how palpably unreasonable-as long as they were the first to behave badly.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“a refined procedural approach that more smartly-and fairly-serves its intended objectives.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.