Lightfoot v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that double celling of inmates in the East and South Cell Houses at Menard, where inmates only had 65 and 56 square feet, inadequate
• noting lack of peer review and expressing court’s “alarm[ ]” at the “lack of regular system of review of deaths”
• finding unacceptable delays in transfer of residents in need of psychiatric care
• “Health care admission screening procedures, including a physical examination performed by a physician, are an essential element of a constitutionally adequate system”
• inadequate defibrillator believed to have caused adult inmate’s death; court ordered Illinois prison to obtain adequate emergency medical equipment
• use of untrained inmate workers to prescribe and distribute medicine, participate in sick call screening, handle medical records, and perform laboratory work contributes to unconstitutional health care system

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rhodes v. Chapman
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 6,761×
• Gregory Turley v. Dave Rednour
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-07-03· cited 1,957×
• Spencer Harris v. Ronald Fleming, Larry Frailey and Walter Breischke
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-02-12· cited 411×
• Ronald D. Lunsford, Jr., Hazen E. Upham, and David Gary v. Timothy Bennett, Donald Jarrett, Laura Perry
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-16· cited 221×
• James Davenport v. Richard Derobertis, Michael O'leary, and Michael P. Lane, Defendants
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-23· cited 190×
• Madrid v. Gomez
  N.D. California· 1995-01-10· cited 115×
• In Re the Appraisal of Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-05-26· cited 67×
• Hendrix v. Faulkner
  N.D. Indiana· 1981-10-21· cited 46×
• Crain v. Bordenkircher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-27· cited 40×
• Cody v. Hillard
  D. South Dakota· 1984-05-31· cited 39×
• Lightfoot v. Walker
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-07-24· cited 35×
• Hutchings v. Corum
  W.D. Missouri· 1980-06-27· cited 33×
• Kane v. Winn
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-05-27· cited 25×
• Walker v. Johnson
  E.D. Michigan· 1982-06-21· cited 21×
• Curtis Henderson v. Michael P. Lane and J. Gallassi, Curtis Henderson v. Michael P. Lane and J. Gallassi
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-08-13· cited 20×
• Groseclose v. Dutton
  M.D. Tennessee· 1985-05-24· cited 17×
• Robert E. v. Lane
  N.D. Illinois· 1981-10-05· cited 15×
• Naked City, Inc. v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-01-26· cited 15×
• Davenport v. DeRobertis
  N.D. Illinois· 1987-01-30· cited 14×
• Burks v. Teasdale
  W.D. Missouri· 1980-05-23· cited 11×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Hagans v. Lavine
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 2,844×
• Procunier v. Martinez
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-29· cited 2,649×
• Robert Fitzke and Joy Fitzke v. Barry Shappell, Deputy Sheriff, and Elwin Smith, Sheriff, of Eaton County, Michigan, Jointly and Severally
  Sixth Circuit· 1972-10-03· cited 202×
• Laaman v. Helgemoe
  D. New Hampshire· 1977-07-01· cited 160×
• N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, United States of America, Amicus Curiae
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-01-10· cited 139×
• Todaro v. Ward
  Second Circuit· 1977-10-31· cited 124×
• Palmigiano v. Garrahy
  D. Rhode Island· 1977-08-10· cited 90×
• Clarence R. Edwards v. John B. Duncan, D.C. Commissioner
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-02-02· cited 67×
• Jere Bishop v. Kent R. Stoneman, Commissioner of Corrections of the State of Vermont, and Julius v. Moeykens, Warden, Vermont State Prison
  Second Circuit· 1974-12-04· cited 55×
• Hildrie H. Tolbert v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State Prison
  Ninth Circuit· 1970-11-23· cited 47×
• Todaro v. Ward
  S.D. New York· 1977-04-25· cited 36×
• Anderson v. Redman
  D. Delaware· 1977-02-16· cited 22×
• Cruz v. Ward
  Second Circuit· 1977-06-23· cited 20×