Smith v. Marcantonio’s Empirical Analysis
910 F.2d 500 · 1990
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · Rogers v. United States · City of Mt. Pleasant v. Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mere disagreement with the course of his medical treatment”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barnes v. Parker · Bender v. Regier“Q. Do you have any reason to believe [ ] anybody might want to scald you? Smith: No. Q. Did you give any of the [prison officials] any reason to believe that somebody might scald you? Smith: No, because I [didn’t] know. It’s [ ] something that just happened. * * * * * * Q. Did [you feel] at any time prior to this incident [] that your life was in danger? Smith: No. Q. Did you think that Officer Brady could have done anything to prevent this? Smith: No, I don’t believe he could. Q. How about Mr. Marcantonio, could he have done anything to prevent this from happening? Smith: No, I don’t think so. He wasn’t there at the time ... that it happened, no.”
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.