Espinal v. Goord’s Empirical Analysis
554 F.3d 216 · 2009
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · Clark County School District v. Breeden · Jones v. Bock · Woodford v. Ngo · V. C O Churner
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“conduct that would deter a similarly situated individual of ordinary firmness from exercising ... constitutional rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Annucci
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.