Jones v. Kelley’s Empirical Analysis
854 F.3d 1009 · 2017
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ford v. Wainwright · Baze v. Rees · Nelson v. Campbell Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections et al. · Hill v. McDonough · Gomez v. United States District Court for Northern District of California a-767
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“identify an alternative that is feasible, readily implemented, and in fact significantly reduces a substantial risk of severe pain.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bucklew v. Precythe“rests its conclusion on clearly erroneous factual findings or erroneous legal conclusions.”
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.