King v. Kramer’s Empirical Analysis
680 F.3d 1013 · 2012
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Ancata v. Prison Health Services, Inc. · Warren v. District of Columbia
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The underlying rationale is not based on responde[a]t superior , but rather on the fact that the private company's policy becomes that of the County if the County delegates final decision-making authority to it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“final decision-making authority ... over inmates' access to physicians and medications.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burke v. Regalado
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.