Walker v. Schult’s Empirical Analysis
717 F.3d 119 · 2013
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Farmer v. Brennan
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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A district court deciding a motion to dismiss may consider factual allegations made by a pro se party in his papers opposing the motion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where ... the complaint was filed pro se , it must be construed liberally to raise the strongest claims it suggests.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“show that the conditions, either alone or in combination, pose an unreasonable risk of serious damage to his health,”
5 later decisions 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.