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Ruark v. Drury’s Empirical Analysis

21 F.3d 213 · 1994

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
September 2007
most recently cited

7 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · City of Canton v. Harris · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Wilson v. Seiter · Whitley v. Albers

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

  1. “[i]t is well settled that an intentional delay in obtaining medical care for a prisoner who needs it may”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “it cannot be said, as a matter of law, that a twenty-minute delay in calling an ambulance, without more, is sufficient to establish”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “before anybody said why, where, and all about it.”
    1 later decision 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.