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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Smith v. Peters.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith v. Peters Anchor | green | “expose a prisoner to a substantial risk of a serious physical injury violate his eighth amendment rights.” | 12 |
| 2 | Scott Hildreth v. Kim Butler | green | “conduct is deliberately indifferent when the official has acted in an intentional or criminally reckless manner, i.e., the defendant must have known that the plaintiff was at serious risk of being harmed and decided not to do anything to prevent that harm from occurring even tho…” | 11 |
| 3 | Smith v. Peters | green | “prison officials who recklessly expose a prisoner to a substantial risk of a serious physical injury violate his eighth amendment rights.” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.