Wright v. Wagner’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.2d 239 · 1981
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Owen v. City of Independence · Coughlin v. Capitol Cement Co. · Charles R. Little, Cross-Appellee v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Cross-Appellant · Urti v. Transport Commercial Corp.
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deal with ... [the prisoner's] ... violent behavior would not violate eighth amendment standards absent deliberate indifference to his condition and the likely consequences of that condition.”
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.