3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 27 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 Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V. Anchor | green | “a serious or significant physical or emotional injury resulting from the challenged conditions.” | 14 |
| 2 | Clay v. Miller | green | “in deciding whether conditions at a jail are so onerously burdensome as to reach constitutional dimensions, courts must look at the totality of the circumstances, including the extent to which the restrictions adversely affect the mental or physical health of the inmate.” | 7 |
| 3 | Mitchell v. Rice | green | “thus, confinement or punishment conditions imposed under one set of circumstances may constitute an eighth amendment violation; yet the same conditions, imposed under different circumstances, would not.” | 6 |
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.