412 F. Supp. 2d 519 - Evans v. Saar’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on State of Louisiana Francis v. Resweber · Nelson v. Campbell Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections et al. · Blackwelder Furniture Co. of Statesville, Inc. v. Seilig Manufacturing Co. · Gomez v. United States District Court for Northern District of California a-767 · Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. v. Caperton
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that he is subject to an unnecessary risk of unconstitutional pain or suffering. . . . Inherent in this formulation is the requirement that the risk must be substantial.”
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.