Knight v. Wiseman’s Empirical Analysis
590 F.3d 458 · 2009
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Farmer v. Brennan · Gentry v. Duckworth · Argyropoulos v. City of Alton · Grieveson v. Anderson
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the plaintiff introduces verifying medical evidence that shows his condition worsened because of the delay”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Adams
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.