7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 95 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 Grayson v. Peed.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grayson v. Peed Anchor | green | “deliberate indifference is a very high standard-a showing of mere negligence will not meet it.” | 60 |
| 2 | Waybright v. Frederick County, MD | green | “supervisors and municipalities cannot be liable under 1983 without some predicate 'constitutional injury at the hands of the individual officer,' at least in suits for damages.” | 9 |
| 3 | Eric A. Brice v. Virginia Beach Correctional Center Frank Drew, Sheriff John Nieves, Deputy Sheriff, and City of Virginia Beach | green | “eliberate indifference in this context lies somewhere between negligence and purpose or knowledge: namely, recklessness of the subjective type used in criminal law.” | 7 |
| 4 | Albert Anderson v. M. Kingsley | green | “farmer defines deliberate indifference as the intentional taking of a risk that the defendant knows might cause harm while lacking any intent to cause such harm.” | 6 |
| 5 | Adib Makdessi v. Lt. Fields | green | “prison officials are, therefore, obligated to take reasonable measures to guarantee inmate safety.” | 5 |
| 6 | Waybright v. Frederick County, MD | green | “upervisors and municipalities cannot be liable under 1983 without some predicate 'constitutional injury at the hands of the individual officer,' at least in suits for damages.” | 4 |
| 7 | Mitchell Marbury v. Warden | green | “ubjective awareness of only some risk of harm to a prisoner is insufficient for a deliberate-indifference claim.” | 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.