5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 274 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 Estelle v. Gamble.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estelle v. Gamble Anchor | green | “medical malpractice does not become a constitutional violation merely because the victim is a prisoner.” | 174 |
| 2 | Estelle v. Gamble | green | “complaint that a physician has been negligent in diagnosing or treating a medical condition does not state a valid claim of medical mistreatment under the eighth amendment.” | 64 |
| 3 | Leroy A. Lovelace v. Jack Lee Gene Shinault K. Lester | green | “must assert conscious or intentional interference with his free exercise rights to state a valid claim under 1983.” | 8 |
| 4 | Adams Ex Rel. Adams v. Poag | green | “hether governmental actors should have employed additional diagnostic techniques or forms of treatment 'is a classic example of a matter for medical judgment' and therefore not an appropriate basis for grounding liability under the eighth amendment.” | 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.