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Thompson v. King’s Empirical Analysis

730 F.3d 742 · 2013

Citation profile

25
cited by 25 later decisions
June 2025
most recently cited

8 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

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

Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Scott v. Harris · Krout v. Goemmer · Popoalii v. Correctional Medical Services

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

  1. “[T]o demonstrate that a defendant actually knew of, but deliberately disregarded, a serious medical need, the plaintiff must establish a mental state akin to criminal recklessness: disregarding a known risk to the [arrestee's] health.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “who passed out in the booking area, nearly fell out of his seat, was unable to sign his name, and ... 'couldn't even answer questions that [the booking officer] was asking him.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[I]t is unconstitutional for prison officials to act deliberately indifferent to an inmate's serious medical needs.”
    2 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.