Porm v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. “may not ordinarily be shown by pointing to a single incident or isolated incidents, but it may be established by much less than proof of a reign of violence and terror in the particular institution.... It is enough that violence and sexual assaults occur ... with sufficient frequency that prisoners ... are put in reasonable fear for their safety and to reasonably apprise prison officials of the existence of the problem and the need for protective measures....”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Andrews v. Siegel · Wilkins v. Davis

2. “(1) resolve direct factual conflicts in favor of the nonmovant, (2) assume as true all facts supporting the nonmovant which the evidence tended to prove, (3) give the nonmovant the benefit of all reasonable inferences, and (4) deny the motion if the evidence so viewed would allow reasonable jurors to differ as to the conclusions that could be drawn.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burton v. Armontrout

3. “'the evidence points all one way and is susceptible of no reasonable inferences sustaining the position of the nonmoving party.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Newton v. Armontrout