Ruark v. Drury’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 213 · 1994
Citation profile
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.
“[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“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 majoritye.g. Plemmons v. Roberts“before anybody said why, where, and all about it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Plemmons v. Roberts
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.