Johnson v. Clinton’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.2d 326 · 1985
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Talley v. Stephens · Ray v. Mabry · Hahn v. McLey
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[F]or prison officials knowingly to compel convicts to perform physical labor ... which constitutes a danger to their health, or which is unduly painful constitutes an infliction of cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment....' " Johnson v. Clinton, 763 F.2d at 328 (quoting Ray v. Mabry, 556 F.2d 881 , 882 (8th Cir.1977) (per curiam)). Certain "acts or omissions [are] so dangerous (in respect to health or safety)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here are circumstances in which prison work requirements constitute cruel and unusual punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fruit v. Norris
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.