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Allard v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis

779 F.3d 768 · 2015

Citation profile

17
cited by 17 later decisions
April 2025
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Ricci v. DeStefano · Torgerson v. City of Rochester · Dulany v. Carnahan · Phillips v. Jasper County Jail

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

  1. “A plaintiff can show deliberate indifference in the level of care provided in different ways, including showing grossly incompetent or inadequate care, showing a defendant's decision to take an easier and less efficacious course of treatment, or showing a defendant intentionally delayed or denied access to medical care.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “The record demonstrates .the [prison health officials] did not ignore Allard’s complaints or his overall condition... Although Allard reported his displeasure with the ordered treatments, a healthcare provider need not accept as true medical judgments offered by their patients büt must make treatment decisions on the basis of many factors, only one of which is patient’s input. Givens v. Jones, 900 F.2d 1229, 1232 (8th Cir.1990); see also Phillips, v. Jasper Cnty. Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 795 (8th Cir.2006) (holding mere; disagreement with treatment decisions does not rise to [the] level' of constitutional violation).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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