Zingg v. Groblewski’s Empirical Analysis
907 F.3d 630 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 14 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Massachusetts District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Gaudreault v. Municipality of Salem · Carmona v. Toledo · Torraco v. Maloney
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To show such a state of mind, the plaintiff must provide evidence that the defendant had 'actual knowledge of impending harm, easily preventable,' and yet failed to take the steps that would have easily prevented that harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leite v. Bergeron“A medical need is sufficiently serious if it 'has been diagnosed by a physician as mandating treatment,' or is 'so obvious that even a lay person would easily recognize the necessity for a doctor's attention.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lech v. Von Goeler“prison officials must either deny needed medical treatment in -37- order to punish the inmate, or display wanton or criminal recklessness in the treatment afforded.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lech v. Von Goeler
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.