Smith v. Brenoettsy’s Empirical Analysis
158 F.3d 908 · 1998
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably Johnson v. Johnson (2004), Mark Anthony Harris Michael Hegmann Janet Boyd Rose James (1999)
34 federal appellate · 3 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
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Farmer v. Brennan · Wilson v. Seiter · Johnson v. Jones
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Summary judgment is proper '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.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the supervisor either failed to supervise or train the subordinate official; (2) a causal link exists between the failure to train or supervise and the violation of the plaintiff's rights; and (3) the failure to train or supervise amounts to deliberate indifference.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he official must ... be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists ....”
5 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.