Griffin v. Hardrick’s Empirical Analysis
604 F.3d 949 · 2010
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Graham v. Connor · Scott v. Harris · Wilson v. Seiter
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Officials confronted with a prison disturbance must balance the threat [that] unrest poses to inmates, prison workers, administrators, and visitors against the harm inmates may suffer if guards use force. Because prison officials must make their decisions in haste, under pressure, and frequently without the luxury of a second chance, we must grant them wide-ranging deference in the adoption and execution of policies that in their judgment are needed to preserve internal order and discipline and to maintain institutional security.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no reasonable jury could find that [the officer] 'evinced such wantonness . . . as is tantamount to a knowing willingness' that [the plaintiff's] injury occur.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segrain v. Duffy“gave [the officer] a reasonable basis to believe that force would be necessary to control [her],”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segrain v. Duffy
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.