Gaston v. Ghosh’s Empirical Analysis
920 F.3d 493 · 2019
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Monge v. California
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“who was responsible for the delays (the four physicians named as defendants? back-office staff? someone else?) or why those delays occurred (a desire that [the plaintiff]'s pain continue? indifference to his pain? simple negligence? medical judgment?)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“someone whose acts are imputed to Wexford violated the Eighth Amendment”
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.