Siglar II v. Hightower’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 federal appellate · 9 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 206 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No federal civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody without a prior showing of physical injury.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Canell v. Lightner · 45 F. Supp. 2d 709 - Mason v. Schriro

2. “[T]he Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment excludes from constitutional recognition de minimis uses of physical force, provided that the use of force is not of a sort “repugnant to the conscience of mankind.” In the absence of any definition of “physical injury” in the new statute, we hold that the well established Eighth Amendment standards guide our analysis in determining whether a prisoner has sustained the necessary physical injury to support a claim for mental or emotional suffering. That is, the injury must be more than de minimus, but need not be significant.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gomez v. Chandler · 70 F. Supp. 2d 1252 - Marrie v. Nickels

3. “the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment excludes from constitutional recognition de minimis uses of physical force, provided that the use of force is not of a sort 'repugnant to the conscience of mankind.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baldwin v. Stalder