Staples v. Gerry’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.3d 7 · 2019
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Wilson v. Seiter · Whitley v. Albers · Hudson v. McMillian
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“used pepper spray for a valid purpose -- to extract [the plaintiff] from his cell -- in response to a valid provocation -- [the plaintiff] refusing multiple orders over several days to leave his cell.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segrain v. Duffy“place[] his hands through the cell's tray slot so the officer can handcuff him before opening the cell door.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segrain v. Duffy“A claim of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment has two components.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segrain v. Duffy
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.