Grubbs v. Bradley’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably Del Raine v. Williford (1994), Beard v. Livesay (1986)
24 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Estelle v. Gamble · Furman v. Georgia · Procunier v. Martinez · Rhodes v. Chapman
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all present and future adult inmates committed to the custody of the Tennessee Department of Corrections.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“... There is no functioning program or device to assure the maintenance of quality control in the delivery of health care to inmates. Recommendations for quality assurance mechanisms have come from several sources over the years, and Mr. Bro-die [then Director of Health Services] himself views quality assurance as “absolutely essential.” Yet, in the absence of a quality assurance program, the evidence indicates that nurses routinely perform functions beyond the level of their license or certification, former military medics are used interchangeably with nurses without apparent regard to the individual’s actual qualifications, and staff remain largely unaccountable for the level or quality of care actually delivered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The Eighth Amendment clearly requires states to furnish its inmates with “reasonably adequate food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, medical care, and personal safety.” Newman v. Alabama, 559 F.2d 283, 291 (5th Cir.1977). Those areas are generally considered as the “core” areas entitled to Eighth Amendment protections. They are the basic necessities of civilized life, and are, during lawful incarceration for conviction of a crime, wholly controlled by prison officials. Inmates must necessarily rely upon prison officials and staff to ensure that those basic necessities are met.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Evans v. Headley
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.