8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 861 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 Gregg v. Georgia.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregg v. Georgia Anchor | green | “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain” | 207 |
| 2 | Gregory L. Rich v. Sergeant Michael Bruce, and Sewall Smith, Warden James Sanders James Peguese Lieutenant Grant Teresa Wilson-Bogans, Corporal | green | “true subjective recklessness requires knowledge both of the general risk, and also that the conduct is inappropriate in light of that risk.” | 169 |
| 3 | Eric A. Brice v. Virginia Beach Correctional Center Frank Drew, Sheriff John Nieves, Deputy Sheriff, and City of Virginia Beach | green | “actual knowledge or awareness on the part of the alleged inflicter . . . becomes essential to proof of deliberate indifference 'because prison officials who lacked knowledge of a risk cannot be said to have inflicted punishment.” | 153 |
| 4 | De'lontra v. Angelone | green | “scrutiny under the eighth amendment is not limited to those punishments authorized by statute and imposed by a criminal judgment.” | 117 |
| 5 | Gregg v. Georgia | green | “involve the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.” | 79 |
| 6 | Parrish v. Cleveland | green | “true subjective recklessness requires knowledge both of the general risk, and also that the conduct is inappropriate in light of that risk.” | 66 |
| 7 | Albert Anderson v. M. Kingsley | green | “the prison official must have both 'subjectively recognized a substantial risk of harm' and 'subjectively recognized that his/her actions were inappropriate in light of that risk.” | 55 |
| 8 | Gregory L. Rich v. Sergeant Michael Bruce, and Sewall Smith, Warden James Sanders James Peguese Lieutenant Grant Teresa Wilson-Bogans, Corporal | green | “inappropriate in light of that risk.” | 15 |
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.