Tasby v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Sandin v. Conner · Yohey v. Collins · Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner · Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Plaintiff's] assertion that he suffered a rash as a result of the [prison's] back restraints ... does not establish that he suffered serious harm”
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.