Johnson v. Treen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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

1. “refused to treat him, ignored his complaints, intentionally treated him incorrectly, or engaged in any similar conduct that would clearly evince a wanton disregard for any serious medical needs.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perniciaro v. Lea · Delaughter v. Woodall

2. “[w]anton means reckless — without regard to the rights of others_Wan-tonly means causelessly, without restraint, and in reckless disregard of the rights of others. Wantonness is defined as a licentious act of one man towards the person of another, without regard to his rights; it has also been defined as the conscious failure by one charged with a duty to exercise due care and diligence to prevent an injury after the discovery of the peril, or under circumstances where he is charged with a knowledge of such peril, and being conscious of the inevitable or probable results of such failure.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Reynaud · 258 F. Supp. 2d 508 - Thompson v. Eason

3. “Accordingly, on appeal we view all materials in the light most favorable to [nonmovant] ... to determine if there is any [dispute] of material fact. If no such [dispute] exists , we must then determine if [movant is] entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gibson v. Collier