Parsons v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
754 F.3d 657 · 2014
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · Helling v. McKinney
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“although a presently existing risk may ultimately result in different future harm for different inmates ... every inmate suffers exactly the same constitutional injury when he is exposed to a single ... policy or practice that creates a substantial risk of serious harm”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Prerequisites. One or more members of a class may sue or be sued as representative parties on behalf of all members only if: (1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class; (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unquestionably satisfied when members of a putative class seek uniform injunctive or declaratory relief from policies or practices that are generally applicable to the class as a whole.”
3 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.