361 F. Supp. 2d 435 - Thomas v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
7 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Estelle v. Gamble · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a defense of qualified immunity is not available in cases alleging excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment, because the use of force maliciously and sadistically to cause harm is clearly established to be a violation of the Constitution”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vosburgh v. Bourassa“[mjalicious and sadistic use of force is always in violation of clearly established law.”); see also Beers-Capitol v. Whetzel, 256 F.3d 120 , 142 n. 15 (3d Cir.2001) (in excessive force case, holding that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hen prison officials maliciously and sadistically use force to cause harm, contemporary standards of decency always are violated,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vosburgh v. Bourassa
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.