5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 120 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 Gonzalez v. Feinerman.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzalez v. Feinerman Anchor | green | “he warden . . . is a proper defendant injunctive relief responsible for ensuring that any injunctive relief is carried out.” | 39 |
| 2 | William McNeil v. Michael P. Lane, Michael O'leary, and Jack Boles | green | “obduracy and wantonness rather than inadvertence or mere negligence characterize conduct prohibited by the eighth amendment.” | 36 |
| 3 | Johnson v. Dossey | green | “private corporation is not vicariously liable under 1983 for its employees' deprivations of others' civil rights.” | 21 |
| 4 | Leon Snipes v. George Detella, Doctor Ehrhardt, John L. Russian | green | “to say the eighth amendment requires prison doctors to keep an inmate pain-free in the aftermath of proper medical treatment would be absurd.” | 17 |
| 5 | Gonzalez v. Feinerman | green | “the warden . . . is a proper defendant injunctive relief responsible for ensuring that any injunctive relief is carried out.” | 7 |
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.