Matthews v. Pickett County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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

1. “1) officials, by their actions, affirmatively undertake to protect the plaintiff, and the plaintiff relies upon the undertaking; 2) a statute specifically provides for a cause of action against an official or municipality for injuries resulting to a particular class of individuals, of which the plaintiff is a member, from failure to enforce certain laws; or 3) the plaintiff alleges a cause of action involving intent, malice, or reckless misconduct.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hurd v. Flores · 136 F. Supp. 2d 861 - Matthews v. Pickett County, TN

2. “The "District Court found that despite [the] abundance of probable cause to arrest Mr. Winningham for violating the' order of protection, the deputies failed to arrest [him] and “went home and went to bed.” We agree with the district court’s holding. Hs H« ^ ‡ H* H* The record supports a finding that the deputies’ failure to arrest Winningham was a deviation from a policy as expressed by statutory mandate and was operational in nature.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 136 F. Supp. 2d 861 - Matthews v. Pickett County, TN

3. “assaulted, beaten, and sexually violated”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Union County