Cox v. Quinn’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.3d 227 · 2016
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Farmer v. Brennan · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Henry v. Purnell
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shielded from liability ... if an objectively reasonable officer could have believed that his actions were lawful in light of clearly established law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has violated a prisoner's constitutional right”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“tA] prison official cannot be found liable under the Eighth Amendment for denying an inmate humane conditions of confinement unless the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health qr safety; the official must both be award of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Anderson v. Kingsley
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.