Thomas v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he 'current and ongoing' requirement is distinct from the standard governing the initial entry of injunctive relief.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Porter v. Clarke · Porter v. Clarke

2. “[I]njunctive relief is appropriate 'to prevent a substantial risk of serious injury from ripening into actual harm.' " Thomas v. Bryant , 614 F.3d 1288 , 1318 (11th Cir. 2010) (quoting Farmer v. Brennan , 511 U.S. 825 , 845, 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) ). "In such circumstances, the irreparable-injury requirement may be satisfied by demonstrating a history of past misconduct, which gives rise to an inference that future injury is imminent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hoffer v. Jones · 382 F. Supp. 3d 1288 - Hoffer v. Inch

3. “Each of these claims requires a two-prong showing: an objective showing of a deprivation or injury that is “sufficiently serious” to constitute a denial of the “minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities” and a subjective showing that the official had a “sufficiently culpable state of mind.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barrientos v. Corecivic, Inc. · 108 F. Supp. 3d 1167 - Hughes v. Judd