Wilks v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 896 · 1990
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · City of Canton v. Harris · Felder v. Casey · 72 Wis. 2d 282 - Lister v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Rascon v. Hardiman
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a prison official will be liable for failing to protect an inmate form attacks if that official acts with 'deliberate indifference.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gelford v. Clusen
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.