Cole v. Bone’s Empirical Analysis
993 F.2d 1328 · 1993
Citation profile
88 federal appellate · 16 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 227 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably Brosseau v. Haugen (2004), Dickerson v. Mcclellan (1996)
88 federal appellate · 16 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Anderson v. Creighton · Graham v. Connor
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 227 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rule 56. Summary Judgment (b) For Defending Party. A party against whom a claim ... is asserted ... may, at any time, move for summary judgment in the party’s favor as to all or any part thereof. (c) Motions and Proceedings Thereon.... The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
52 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we scrutinize only the seizure itself, not the events leading to the seizure”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Z.J. v. Kan City Bd. of Police Comm'rs · Vanessa Abraham, in Her Own Right and as Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Abraham, Deceased, and on Behalf of Robert Christopher Abraham, Jr., Labreea Von Abraham and Taquan Carey, the Minor Children of Decedent Cna Insurance Company (Intervenor-Plaintiff in d.c.) v. Kimberly Raso, Badge No. 243, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Township of Cherry Hill Police Officer the Township of Cherry Hill Cherry Hill Center, Inc. The Rouse Company of New Jersey, Inc. The Rouse Company MacY East Inc. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Intervenor-Defendant in d.c.) Kimberly Raso Joris Hoogendoorn v. The Estate of Robert C. Abraham, Deceased Vanessa Abraham, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert C. Abraham Vanessa Abraham, Individually MacY Department Store John Doe(s), a Fictitious Name or Names, Jointly Severally or in the Alternative Vanessa Abraham, in Nos. 98-5405. Kimberly Raso Joris Hoogendoorn, in Nos. 98-5406“Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable seizures, not unreasonable or ill-advised conduct in general.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.