Oliver v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
914 F.2d 56 · 1990
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably Hale v. Townley (1995), Petta v. Rivera (1998)
14 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Daniels v. Williams · Spears v. Ol McCotter · Thompkins v. Belt · Johnson v. Morel
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in determining whether a particular injury is of sufficient magnitude to invoke Eighth Amendment protection----”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Oliver was not afforded any opportunity to comment on [his injuries] or on the medical records [which had been admitted into evidence].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Barrientos
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.