4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 42 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 Altony Brooks v. Captain Jacumin.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altony Brooks v. Captain Jacumin Anchor | green | “ultimately turns on whether force was applied in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline or maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.” | 15 |
| 2 | Altony Brooks v. Captain Jacumin | green | “the objective component asks whether the force applied was sufficiently serious to establish a cause of action.” | 14 |
| 3 | United States v. Worrell | green | “the eighth amendment does not permit a correctional officer to respond to a misbehaving inmate in kind.” | 7 |
| 4 | Londeree v. Crutchfield Corp. | green | “the title of the complaint must name all the parties” | 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.