Brock v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 7 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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “cannot be found liable under the Eighth Amendment for denying an inmate humane conditions of confinement unless the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Paykina ex rel. E.L. v. Lewin · Hernandez v. Keane

2. “[e]vidence that the risk was 'obvious or otherwise must have been known to a defendant' may be sufficient for a fact finder to conclude that the defendant was actually aware of the risk.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Paykina ex rel. E.L. v. Lewin · Barnes v. Harling

3. “(1) whether a reasonable doctor or patient would perceive the medical need in question as “important and worthy of comment or treatment,” (2) whether the medical condition significantly affects daily activities, and (3) “the existence of chronic and substantial pain.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 889 F. Supp. 2d 190 - Kosilek v. Spencer · 367 F. Supp. 3d 39 - Walker v. City of N.Y.