714 F. Supp. 2d 317 - Tafari v. McCarthy’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Defendants had a legitimate penological interest in protecting both guards and inmates by keeping the lights constantly illuminated in the SHU, a place where some of the most dangerous criminals in the facility were housed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barnes v. Harling“(i.e., under the doctrine of respondeat superior) is insufficient to show his or her personal involvement in that unlawful conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reed v. Sheppard“if the defendant is a supervisory official, a mere 'linkage' to the unlawful conduct through the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reed v. Sheppard
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.