Beal v. Foster’s Empirical Analysis
803 F.3d 356 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Keenan v. Hall · DeWalt v. Carter · Davis v. Goord · Watison v. Carter · Purcell v. Coughlin
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may have made him a pariah to his fellow inmates and inflicted significant psychological harm”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leiser v. Kloth · Lisle v. Welborn“Standing alone, simple verbal harassment does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, deprive a prisoner of a protected liberty interest or deny a prisoner equal protection of the laws.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lisle v. Welborn“most verbal harassment by jail or prison guards does not rise to the level of cruel and unusual punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lisle v. Welborn
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.