Roe v. Elyea’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.3d 843 · 2011
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Anderson v. Creighton · Estelle v. Gamble · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Farmer v. Brennan
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[the plaintiff] presented sufficient evidence from which a jury could conclude that [the defendant] acted with a sufficiently culpable state of mind in setting the [prison system] policy that resulted in a denial of the treatment recommended [for the plaintiff]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]nmate medical care decisions must be fact-based with respect to the particular inmate, the severity and stage of his condition, the likelihood and imminence of further harm and the efficacy of available treatments.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has been diagnosed by a physician as mandating treatment or ... is so obvious that even a lay person would perceive the need for a doctor's attention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.