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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 109 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 Judith Alcocer v. Ashley Mills.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judith Alcocer v. Ashley Mills Anchor | green | “each defendant is entitled to an independent qualified-immunity analysis as it relates to his or her actions and omissions.” | 43 |
| 2 | Ernest Edgar Black Jeff Wigington | green | “is entitled to qualified immunity for his discretionary actions unless he violated 'clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” | 26 |
| 3 | Anthony Ort v. Warden J.D. White, Ron Sutton, Tony Holliday, Officer Truman Mitman, Captain Shoemaker and J.W. Taunton | green | “prohibits the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain, or the infliction of pain totally without penological justification.” | 22 |
| 4 | Williams v. Burton | green | “only if the measure taken 'inflicted unnecessary and wanton pain and suffering' caused by force used 'maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.” | 11 |
| 5 | Ethan James Charles v. Jeff Johnson | green | “evidence of the kind or degree of force that was used by an officer.” | 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.