Calvert v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
748 F.2d 861 · 1984
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Haines v. Kerner · Bell v. Hood · Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A person acts under color of state law only when exercising power possessed by virtue of state law and made possible only because the wrongdoer is clothed in the authority of state law.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Private physicians exercise their own judgment and make their own medical decisions according to standards not established by the state. Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991, 1008-09 , 102 S.Ct. 2777, 2788 , 73 L.Ed.2d 534 (1982). Their physician-patient relationships are the same, with the same obligations and duties, both within and without the prison walls. A private physician is not, and by the nature of his function cannot be the servant of an administrative supervisor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nash v. Wennar
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.