Long v. Slaton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he law does not require officers in a tense and dangerous situation to wait until the moment a suspect uses a deadly weapon to act to stop the suspect.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

53 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mullenix v. Luna
  Supreme Court· 2015-11-09· cited 3,438×
• Lewis v. City of West Palm Beach, Fla.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-03-11· cited 331×
• Lytle v. Bexar County, Tex.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-02-25· cited 299×
• Jean-Baptiste v. Gutierrez
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-12-06· cited 228×
• Edward Shaw v. City of Selma
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-03-07· cited 205×
• Thomas E. Terrell v. Steve Smith
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-01-30· cited 201×
• Garczynski v. Bradshaw
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-07-07· cited 192×
• McCullough Ex Rel. McCullough v. Antolini
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-26· cited 185×
• Penley v. Eslinger
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-05-03· cited 185×
• Fane Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-04-01· cited 174×
• James P. Crocker v. Deputy Sheriff Steven Eric Beatty
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-04-20· cited 152×
• Chandler v. Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-09-19· cited 135×
• James Ryan Singletary v. Juan Vargas
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-10-29· cited 85×
• Sharon Powell v. Jennifer Snook
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-02-08· cited 70×
• Dontrell Stephens v. Ric Bradshaw
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-01-10· cited 53×
• Tomas Garza v. Fidencio Briones
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-11-25· cited 36×
• Hunter Tillis v. Allan H. Brown, Jr.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-09-07· cited 27×
• Nicholas C. Wade v. Solomon Daniels
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-06-13· cited 24×
• Paul Donald Davis v. Paul Waller
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-08-12· cited 21×
• Zion v. Nassan
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-06-27· cited 20×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Scott v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-30· cited 13,305×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Daniels v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 7,676×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Tennessee v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-27· cited 4,272×
• United States v. Place
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 3,374×
• Hunter v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 3,271×
• Brosseau v. Haugen
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 2,748×
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 2,104×
• Terri Vinyard v. Steve Wilson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-11-14· cited 909×
• Joe Marsh, Leroy Owens v. Butler County, Alabama, the Butler County Commission
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-09-26· cited 602×
• Anthony McCormick v. City of Fort Lauderdale, Jonathan Walker, Officer
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-06-11· cited 405×
• Blyden v. Mancusi
  Second Circuit· 1999-08-03· cited 383×
• William J. Crosby v. Monroe County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-12-28· cited 328×
• Rios v. City of Del Rio TX
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-27· cited 289×
• Pace v. Capobianco
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-01· cited 270×
• Vaughan v. Cox
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-08-29· cited 208×