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721 F.3d 474 · 2013

Citation profile

32
cited by 32 later decisions
April 2025
most recently cited

16 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · Greeno v. Daley · Johnson v. Doughty · Ellis Henderson v. Michael F. Sheahan and J.W. Fairman · Arnett v. Webster

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “they have a reason to believe (or actual knowledge) that prison doctors or their assistants are mistreating (or not treating) a prisoner”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “a substantial departure from accepted professional judgment, practice, or standards,”
    1 later decision 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.