Lawrence v. Evans

How courts have described this case

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

• “An objectively ‘serious medical need’ is one which presents ‘a condition of urgency’ that may result in ‘death, degeneration, or extreme pain.’”
• “An objectively ‘serious medical need’ is one which presents ‘a condition of urgency’ that may result in ‘death, degeneration, or extreme pain.’”
• “An objectively ‘serious medical need’ is one which presents ‘a condition of urgency’ that may result in ‘death, degeneration, or extreme pain.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Kentucky v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 11,385×
• Salahuddin v. Goord
  Second Circuit· 2006-10-27· cited 1,403×
• Huey B. Wright v. Harold Smith and Thomas A. Coughlin, III
  Second Circuit· 1994-04-06· cited 1,168×
• Chance v. Armstrong
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-07· cited 744×
• Willie Smith v. Nurse Carpenter, Superintendent Wilkinson, Superintendent at Pharsalia Corr. Facility
  Second Circuit· 2003-01-14· cited 644×
• Hathaway v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1994-09-29· cited 554×
• Jackson Ex Rel. Estate of Tucker v. Buckman
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-06-27· cited 277×
• Leonhard v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1980-08-28· cited 171×
• Mateo v. Fischer
  S.D. New York· 2010-02-08· cited 105×
• Nanette Archer v. Ben Dutcher
  Second Circuit· 1984-04-17· cited 98×
• Hathaway v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1988-03-09· cited 40×
• Taylor v. Fischer
  W.D. New York· 2012-01-19· cited 8×
• Doe v. Selsky
  W.D. New York· 2013-09-20· cited 7×
• Dobbin v. Artuz
  S.D. New York· 2001-04-25· cited 4×
• Lee v. Frederick
  W.D. New York· 2007-10-22· cited 3×
• Greene v. Furman
  W.D. New York· 2009-04-21· cited 3×