Nelson v. Shuffman’s Empirical Analysis
603 F.3d 439 · 2010
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Missouri Eastern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · United States v. Mendenhall
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether [the plaintiff] is ultimately able to prove the alleged factual bases for his claims is a matter left for the finder of fact [on remand]-not the appellate court on interlocutory appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A prisoner's mere difference of opinion over matters of expert medical judgment or a course of medical treatment fails to rise to the level of a constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Leonard“clear a substantial evidentiary threshold”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Leonard
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.