Jones v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
781 F.2d 769 · 1986
Citation profile
83 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 138 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably Emrich v. Touche Ross & Co. (1988), Sealock v. State (2000)
83 federal appellate · 9 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · Haines v. Kerner · Bell v. Wolfish · City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital
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 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]lthough [McPhaul's] claim arises under the due process clause, the eighth amendment guarantees provide a minimum standard of care for determining [a prisoner's] rights as a pretrial detainee, including [the prisoner's] right to medical care.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“deliberately indifferent to [Ortiz's] serious medical needs.”
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.