Clemmons v. Bohannon’s Empirical Analysis
918 F.2d 858 · 1990
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
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 Estelle v. Gamble · Graham v. Connor · Bell v. Wolfish · Rochin v. People of California · Procunier v. Martinez
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.
“the state is under a constitutional mandate to take reasonable steps to provide a safe and sanitary environment for those incarcerated.... The relevant question in this case, therefore, is whether long-term exposure to ETS [environmental tobacco smoke] poses an unreasonable risk of harm to an inmate's health.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Steading v. Thompson“even if an inmate cannot show that he suffers from serious, immediate medical symptoms caused by exposure to ETS, compelled exposure to ETS is nonetheless cruel and unusual punishment if it is at such levels and under such circumstances as to pose an unreasonable risk of harm to an inmate's health.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Smith v. Brown“be considered.” See rec., vol. I, doc. 22, ex. 4, at 1. In response to yet other requests, he was told that since prison officials had “no way of knowing who smokes or doesn’t,” id. at 7 , he should”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clemmons v. Bohannon
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.