Madyun v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Gordon v. Leeke · United States ex rel. Miller v. Twomey · Adams v. Carlson
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“allegations in (Paragraph 12N), construed liberally, do not establish conditions which would constitute such cruel and unusual punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“plaintiffs in our case cannot be classified as unsophisticated pro se prisoners who have no knowledge of the legal system”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.