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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 192 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 Brown v. Montoya.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown v. Montoya Anchor | green | “section 1983 plaintiffs may sue individual-capacity defendants only for money damages and official-capacity defendants only for injunctive relief.” | 72 |
| 2 | Steven Lisle, Jr. v. William Welborn | green | “relationships between prisoners and prison staff are not always marked by genteel language and good manners.” | 36 |
| 3 | Kristin A. Greenawalt v. Indiana Department of Corrections, William K. Kromann, and Kathy J. Lisby | green | “section 1983 does not permit injunctive relief against state officials sued in their individual as distinct from their official capacity.” | 30 |
| 4 | Community Mental Health Services v. Mental Health & Recovery Board | green | “just as a plaintiff cannot sue a defendant in his official capacity for money damages, a plaintiff should not be able to sue a defendant in his individual capacity for an injunction in situations in which the injunction relates only to the official's job, i.e., his official capa…” | 26 |
| 5 | Kenneth Daugherty v. Richard Harrington | green | “his protected activity was a motivating factor in the defendants' decision to retaliate.” | 22 |
| 6 | Courtney v. DeVore | green | “are ordinarily not personally liable for decisions made by subordinates, even if they receive a letter complaining about those decisions and do not intervene.” | 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.