Williams v. Vincent’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.2d 541 · 1974
Citation profile
70 federal appellate · 16 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 198 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2025 · most notably Estelle v. Gamble (1976), Parratt v. Taylor (1981)
70 federal appellate · 16 district · 6 state decisions
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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Morrissey v. Brewer · Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Preiser v. Rodriguez
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 198 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). Accord Williams v. Vincent, 508 F.2d 541 , 544 (2d Cir.1974) (a complaint based on inadequate medical treatment states a cause of action if it alleges conduct which”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`easier and less efficacious' treatment plan[s]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Estelle v. Gamble · West v. Keve“[A]n isolated omission to act by a state prison guard does not support a claim under § 1983 absent circumstances indicating an evil intent, or recklessness, or at least deliberate indifference to the consequences of his conduct for those under his control and dependent upon him.”
2 later decisions 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.