6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 60 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 No. 90-1166.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No. 90-1166 Anchor | green | “negligence and gross negligence do not give rise to section 1983 liability” | 20 |
| 2 | Jojola v. Chavez | green | “liability under 1983 must be predicated upon a deliberate deprivation of constitutional rights by the defendant, and not on negligence.” | 12 |
| 3 | Green v. Atkinson | green | “a single incident of food poisoning or finding a foreign object in food does not constitute a violation of the constitutional rights of the prisoner affected.” | 11 |
| 4 | George Hamm v. Dekalb County, and Pat Jarvis, Sheriff | green | “the fact that food occasionally contains foreign objects or sometimes is served cold, while unpleasant, does not amount to a constitutional deprivation.” | 11 |
| 5 | Reynolds v. Powell | green | “simply put, " 'slip and fall,' without more, does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment. . . .” | 3 |
| 6 | Green v. Atkinson | green | “inding a foreign object in food does not constitute a violation of the constitutional rights of the prisoner affected.” | 3 |
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.