Gevas v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.3d 475 · 2015
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Bell v. Wolfish · Sandin v. Conner · Brokaw v. Mercer County · McGill v. Duckworth
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the harm to which the prisoner was exposed must be an objectively serious one”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must have actual, and not merely constructive, knowledge of the risk.”
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.