Juriss v. McGowan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a recognized exception for situations where officers responsible for bringing about an unlawful arrest knew that the arrest warrant had issued without probable cause; this is particularly true of officers who knew that those who obtained the warrant had deceived the authorizing body. Under these circumstances, even a facially valid arrest warrant does not shield otherwise unreasonable conduct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robertson v. Lucas · Tyron Brown v. Lee Lucas

2. “a person arrested with probable cause cannot cry false arrest.... [a]nd without a predicate constitutional violation, one cannot make out a prima facie case under § 1983.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Williams v. Vasquez · Morfin v. City of East Chicago

3. “In examining this argument, we examine whether the right [defendant] allegedly violated was “clearly established in a particularized sense.” ____ This does not mean that [defendant] prevails “unless the very action in question ha[d] been previously held unlawful.” ____ Rather, it means that qualified immunity is inappropriate if, in light of the law in effect ... [at the time of the defendant’s complained of actions], a reasonable officer would have known that the particular action at issue ... was unlawful.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rice v. Burks