Aldridge v. Montgomery’s Empirical Analysis
753 F.2d 970 · 1985
Citation profile
43 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably Marsh v. Butler County (2001), Gutierrez v. Peters (1997)
43 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Bell v. Wolfish · City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital · Kaye v. Pawnee Construction 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[d]eliberate indifference is shown not only by failure to provide prompt attention to the medical needs of a pre-trial detainee, but also by 'intentionally interfering with the treatment once prescribed.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the due process rights of a [pretrial detainee] are at least as great as the Eighth Amendment protections available to a convicted prisoner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hamm v. County“a pool of blood on the floor approximately the size of two hands”
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.