Ford v. Lane

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• although plaintiff’s complaint reveals personal involvement on the part of Warden Fairman, absence of personal knowledge of plaintiff’s medical condition precludes recovery under Eighth Amendment
• complaint failed to state Eighth Amendment claim absent any indication that defendant prevented prisoner from receiving medical care and where allegations showed that prisoner visited doctor on several occasions

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Flanagan v. Shively
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1992-01-16· cited 110×
• Little v. Lycoming County
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-01-18· cited 74×
• McAleese v. Owens
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1991-07-10· cited 12×
• Patrick v. Staples
  N.D. Indiana· 1991-10-31· cited 8×
• Diaz v. Broglin
  N.D. Indiana· 1991-11-27· cited 2×
• Madden v. Kemna
  W.D. Missouri· 1990-05-11

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Kentucky v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 11,385×
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 8,956×
• Edelman v. Jordan
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 6,517×
• Alabama v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 1,914×
• Brandon v. Holt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 1,538×
• Arlene C. Wolf-Lillie v. Gerald M. Sonquist, Kenosha County Sheriff
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-01-31· cited 568×
• Betty J. Archie v. City of Racine, Ronald W. Chiapete, and George W. Giese
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-23· cited 482×
• Junior Ray Duckworth, Cross-Appellants v. Gayle Franzen, Cross-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-02-05· cited 469×
• Mary J. Riordan v. William L. Kempiners and Shirley Randolph
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-09-08· cited 246×
• Alex Benson v. Elmer O. Cady
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-04-18· cited 245×
• Barbara Conner v. Rudy G. Reinhard
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-19· cited 220×
• Kenneth R. Shockley v. Mary Spinner Jones and Terry McLain
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-06-26· cited 214×
• Rascon v. Hardiman
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-09-26· cited 214×
• Harry Lawrence Williams, Sr. v. Gordon H. Faulkner
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-02-12· cited 186×
• Michael L. Martin v. Sheriff Richard Tyson
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-09· cited 156×
• Albert Earle Smith-Bey v. Hospital Administrator
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-03-08· cited 144×
• Cheryll GRAY, F/K/A Cheryll Lengyel, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF DANE, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-07-28· cited 137×
• Robert Demallory v. Timothy Cullen, Nos. 87-1492, 87-1493
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-08-23· cited 135×

Other cases named Ford v. Lane

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Ford v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1850-03-15· cited 1×