Moody v. Proctor’s Empirical Analysis
986 F.2d 239 · 1993
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently October 2011 · most notably Knox v. McGinnis (1993), Estate of Davis ex rel. Ostenfeld v. Delo (1997)
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. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wilson v. Seiter · Hudson v. McMillian · Energy Cooperative, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · Federal Election Commission v. Machinists Non-Partisan Political League · Jones v. Farm Credit Administration
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“although the black box causes discomfort, its use is penologically justified 'by the greater risk of escape ... and the reduced number of guards' " outside the prison, and the lack of any evidence that the correctional officials who used the box "acted maliciously or sadistically, or with deliberate indifference.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]lthough Moody suffered injury as a result of defendants' actions, we conclude there was no evidence that defendants acted maliciously and sadistically or with deliberate indifference.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“inflicted pain to his wrists--immediate shooting pains up and down his left arm and some swelling, and throbbing pain and numbness that lasted a few weeks.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Knox v. McGinnis
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.