Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he district court found that the only physical injury suffered by either [plaintiff] was nausea”; reasoning that, while “vomiting is an unpleasant experience, there is no indication that [plaintiff’s] nausea was severe enough to warrant medical attention” and that plaintiff had”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wicker v. Lawless

2. “No action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1988. of this title, or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Paul Leggett v. Gladys Lafayette

3. “a prisoner has not exhausted all available administrative remedies, dismissal is appropriate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Almond v. Tarver