4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 21 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 Scott v. Moore.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott v. Moore Anchor | green | “an actor usually is interposed between the detainee and the municipality, such that the detainee complains first of a particular act of, or omission by, the actor and then points derivatively to a policy, custom, or rule (or lack thereof) of the municipality that permitted or ca…” | 6 |
| 2 | Shepherd v. Dallas County | green | “constitutional challenges by pretrial detainees may be brought under two alternative theories: as an attack on a 'condition of confinement' or as an 'episodic act or omission.” | 6 |
| 3 | Estate of Wilbert Lee Henson v. Wichita Cou | green | “a challenge to a condition of confinement is a challenge to 'general conditions, practices, rules, or restrictions of pretrial confinement.” | 5 |
| 4 | Estate of Wilbert Lee Henson v. Wichita Cou | green | “the fourteenth amendment requires that state officials not disregard the 'basic human needs of pretrial detainees, including medical care.” | 4 |
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.