Watison v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
668 F.3d 1108 · 2012
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Faragher v. City of Boca Raton · Cort v. Ash · Wilson v. Seiter · Whitley v. Albers
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 must allege a causal connection between the adverse action and the protected conduct”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the alleged pain [sufficient to constitute cruel punishment] may be physical or psychological.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lisle v. Welborn
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.