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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1990–2021 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Hopper v. Callahangreen2 sentences2020See Hopper v. Callahan, 408 Mass. 621 , 627 & n.4 (1990). 2000Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. at 322 ; Hopper v. Callahan, 408 Mass. at 627 . | 1 | 2 |
Baptiste v. Executive Office of Health & Human Servicesgreen1 sentence2021See Baptiste v. Executive Office of Health & Human Servs., 97 Mass. App. Ct. 110 , 118 (2020), cert. denied, 209 L. Ed. 2d 752 (May 17, 2021) ("knowledge of noncompliance with a single safety regulation does not plausibly suggest that the [d]efendants were on notice of . . . a substantial risk of serious harm or that they were deliberately indifferent to such a risk" [quotation and citation omitted]). | 1 | 1 |
Hudson v. Commissioner of Correctiongreen2 sentences2018See Hudson v. Commissioner of Correction , 46 Mass. App. Ct. 538 , 548, 707 N.E.2d 1080 (1999), S . 2018See Hudson v. Commissioner of Correction , 46 Mass. App. Ct. 538 , 548, 707 N.E.2d 1080 (1999), S . | 1 | 1 |
Hudson v. McMilliangreen2 sentences1997Instead, the question whether the measure taken inflicted unnecessary and wanton pain and suffering ultimately turns on ‘whether force was applied in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline or maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.’ “ Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 6 (1992). ”[W]henever prison officials stand accused of using excessive physical force in violation of the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, the core judicial inquiry is . . . whether force was applied ■in a good-faith effort to maintain or restore discipline, or maliciously and sadist 1997Instead, the question whether the measure taken inflicted unnecessary and wanton pain and suffering ultimately turns on ‘whether force was applied in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline or maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.’ “ Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 6 (1992). ”[W]henever prison officials stand accused of using excessive physical force in violation of the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, the core judicial inquiry is . . . whether force was applied ■in a good-faith effort to maintain or restore discipline, or maliciously and sadist | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Burrell v. Hampshire County
green
1 sentence2021In short, the deliberate indifference analysis turns on "what the jailers knew and what they did in response." Burrell, supra at 8 . | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo
green
1 sentence2000Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. at 322 ; Hopper v. Callahan, 408 Mass. at 627 . | 1 | 2000–2000 |
McNamara v. Honeyman
green
1 sentence1990We have not decided that the seclusion of a person in the absence of an emergency, and thus in violation of § 21, is either automatically a violation of § 1983 rights or a ground for personal liability under § 1983. 4 The opinion of this court in McNamara v. Honeyman, 406 Mass. 43 (1989), joined in by only four Justices, could be read to suggest that the deliberate indifference standard should be applied to § 1983 claims on behalf of a person involuntarily committed to a State hospital. | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.