Kulkay v. Roy’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.3d 637 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Farmer v. Brennan
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the official must both 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”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In contrast to negligence, deliberate indifference requires a highly culpable state of mind approaching actual intent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although a plaintiff need not allege facts in painstaking detail, the facts alleged 'must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level.' " Kulkay v. Roy , 847 F.3d 637 , 642 (8th Cir. 2017) (quoting Twombly , 550 U.S. at 555 , 127 S.Ct. 1955 ). This standard "demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation.”
1 later decision 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.