Scott v. Britton’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 240th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Farmer v. Brennan · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Daniels v. Williams
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“and (2) that there was an unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994). In cases involving a failure to prevent harm, the plaintiff must demonstrate an incarceration under conditions posing a substantial risk of serious harm. Scott v. Britton, 16 S.W.3d 173, 181 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2000, no pet.). In order to be”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re JM
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.