Thornton v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
47 F.3d 194 · 1995
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Cities of Charlottesville v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. · Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Shugrue · Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Findings of fact ... shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment has been expanded under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to impose upon both federal and state correctional officers and officials the obligation to take reasonable steps to protect inmates from violence at the hands of other inmates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Poole v. Yeazel
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.