McFadden v. Lucas’s Empirical Analysis
713 F.2d 143 · 1983
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Martin v. Sargent (1985), Errol Lynch v. Joseph S. Cannatella, Jr. (1987)
34 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Rochin v. People of California · Hughes v. Rowe · Johnson v. Glick · Public Broadcasting Service v. Network Project · Williams v. United States
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]s a rule, 'mere threatening language and gestures of a custodial officer do not, even if true, amount to a constitutional violation.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the state officer's action caused severe injuries, was grossly disproportionate to the need for action under the circumstances and was inspired by malice rather than merely careless or unwise excess of zeal so that it amounted to an abuse of official power that shocks the conscience, it should be redressed under Section 1983.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]s a rule, ‘mere threatening language and gestures of a custodial officer do not, even if true, amount to constitutional violations _ Were a prisoner ... entitled to a jury trial each time he was threatened with violence by a prison guard, even though no injury resulted, the federal courts would be more burdened than ever with trials of prisoner suits.... ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shiflet v. Cornell
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.