Townsend v. Jefferson County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although we have occasionally stated, in dicta, that a claim of deliberate indifference requires proof of”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Elbert Johnson v. Sanjay Razdan · 938 F. Supp. 2d 1270 - Keele v. Glynn County

2. “In the light of this evidence, no reasonable jury could conclude that either [Defendant] Chambers or Daniels knew that Townsend’s situation was an emergency. Chambers had been told by a medical professional that Townsend was not presenting an emergency, and although Daniels had not received the same report, Daniels knew that a medical professional had spoken with Townsend and determined that Townsend could wait several hours for further evaluation.... Townsend has not presented evidence that her situation was so obviously dire that two lay deputies must have known that a medical professional had grossly misjudged Townsend’s condition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lelieve v. Oroso

3. “In order to prove deliberate indifference a prisoner must shoulder three burdens. First, she must satisfy the objective component by showing that she had a serious medical need. Second, she must satisfy the subjective component by showing that the prison official acted with deliberate indifference to her serious medical need. Third, as with any tort claim, she must show that the injury was caused by the defendant’s wrongful conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. Coleman