Penn v. Starks’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Lewis v. Faulkner · Merritt v. Faulkner · Duncan v. Duckworth · Russell v. Sheffer
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where, as here, the inmate plaintiff has been seen and treated on several occasions by more than one physician as well as other medical personnel, nothing more than a ease of medical malpractice., i.e., negligence, has been stated, and such does not give rise to a cognizable claim under § 1993 (citations omitted). Even if it could be argued that plaintiffs claim is grounded on a sincere disagree ment with the type and quality of treatment received, such disagreement between the inmate and his treating physician does not constitute a constitutional deprivation (citations omitted).”
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.