26 Cited authorities

  1. Farmer v. Brennan

    511 U.S. 825 (1994)   Cited 55,958 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."
  2. West v. Atkins

    487 U.S. 42 (1988)   Cited 34,755 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state's delegation of its duty to provide medical care to prisoners rendered a contract physician a state actor
  3. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services

    436 U.S. 658 (1978)   Cited 67,600 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "local government ... are 'persons'" for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983
  4. Estelle v. Gamble

    429 U.S. 97 (1976)   Cited 55,265 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government has an obligation to provide medical care to incarcerated persons
  5. Helling v. McKinney

    509 U.S. 25 (1993)   Cited 7,683 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prospective harm, defined as that which is "sure or very likely to cause serious illness and needless suffering" to an inmate in the future, can be the basis for an Eighth Amendment claim even if the inmate has "no serious current symptoms"
  6. Hishon v. King Spalding

    467 U.S. 69 (1984)   Cited 12,465 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding Title VII applies to selection for non-employee positions if consideration for that position can be regarded as one of "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" of a covered job
  7. Scheuer v. Rhodes

    416 U.S. 232 (1974)   Cited 22,357 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that executive branch officers had qualified immunity
  8. Polk County v. Dodson

    454 U.S. 312 (1981)   Cited 9,311 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a public defender does not act "under color of state law" because he "works under canons of professional responsibility that mandate his exercise of independent judgment on behalf of the client" and because there is an "assumption that counsel will be free of state control"
  9. Oklahoma City v. Tuttle

    471 U.S. 808 (1985)   Cited 5,940 times
    Holding inadequate training is "far more nebulous, and a good deal further removed from the constitutional violation, than was the policy in Monell"
  10. Miree v. DeKalb County

    433 U.S. 25 (1977)   Cited 725 times
    Holding that, even when the United States was a party to the contracts at issue, "whether petitioners as third-party beneficiaries of the contracts have standing to sue" was a question of state law, not of federal common law
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 490,314 times   695 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 348,503 times   930 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss