Nasim v. Warden, Maryland House of Correction’s Empirical Analysis
42 F.3d 1472 · 1995
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Neitzke v. Williams · Wilson v. Garcia · United States v. Kubrick · Urie v. Thompson
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 general awareness that asbestos poses certain unidentified health risks, as evidenced here by Nasim’s complaints to prison officials, does not warrant the conclusion, at least at this preliminary stage, that Nasim possessed sufficient information that he knew, or should have known, ... that the asbestos was the probable cause of his health problems....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“substantiated that ‘exposure to cancer-causing asbestos chemicals had enhanced plaintiffs relapse from stroke on February 6, 1989’ in addition to lung, skin, eye and ear disease....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“requires appellate courts to examine carefully both the complaint and the legal principles governing the limitations defense.”
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.