Scott v. Benson’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate ·

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

1. “Both parties argued to the- district court that the deliberate indifference standard from the Eighth Amendment should govern Scott’s Fourteenth Amendment claim. Relying on a nonbinding case, McDonald v. Eilers, Civ. No. 88-2751, 1988 WL 131360 , at (E.D.Pa. Dec. 7, 1988), the district court instead analyzed Scott’s claim under the professional judgment.standard from Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307 , 102 S.Ct. 2452 , 73 L.Ed.2d 28 (1982).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. Benson

2. “[W]here 'a patient’s Fourteenth Amendment claim is for constitutionally deficient medical care, we apply the deliberate indifference standard from the Eighth Amendment. Senty-Haugen v. Goodno, 462 F.3d 876 , 889-90 (8th Cir.2006). Accordingly, the district court should have applied the deliberate indifference, standard to Scott’s claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. Benson

3. “that [Defendants] actually knew of but deliberately disregarded his serious medical need.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. James Saylor v. Randy Kohl, M.D.