Guzman v. Sheahan’s Empirical Analysis
495 F.3d 852 · 2007
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably Grieveson v. Anderson (2008), Estate of Rice ex rel. Rice v. Correctional Medical Services (2012)
10 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 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 · Farmer v. Brennan · Bell v. Wolfish · Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) an express policy that, when enforced, causes a constitutional deprivation; (2) a widespread practice that, although not authorized by written law or express municipal policy, is so permanent and well settled as to constitute a custom or usage with the force of law; or (3) an allegation that the constitutional injury was caused by a person with final policy-making authority.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n official capacity suit is tantamount to a claim against the government entity itself”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mere failure of the prison official to choose the best course of action does not amount to a constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Giles v. Tobeck
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.