McHenry v. Chadwick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions

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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he law in the Sixth Circuit is clear. In Parrish v. Johnson, 800 F.2d 600 (6th Cir.1986), this court recognized that in the prison context, good faith use of physical force may be necessary to maintain prison security and discipline, however: “A violation of the Eighth Amendment nevertheless will occur if the infliction of pain upon a prisoner is both unnecessary and wanton. In determining whether a prisoner’s claim rises to this level, the reasons or motivation for the conduct, the type and excessiveness of the force used, and the extent of the injury inflicted should be considered.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blosser v. Washington · Williams v. Browman

2. “the value of rights vindicated goes beyond the actual monetary award, and the amount of the actual award is not controlling.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Waldo v. Consumers Energy Co. · Building Service Local 47 Cleaning Contractors Pension Plan v. Grandview Raceway

3. “rushed into the holding cell and proceeded to strike McHenry in the back, stomach, and legs; including Lonnie Daugherty who struck McHenry's leg with a billy club.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Durham v. Nu'Man