Thompson v. Upshur County TX

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that pretrial detainees’ “constitutional right ... not to have their serious medical needs met with deliberate indifference on the part of the confining officials” is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause
• supervisory officials are not liable for the actions of subordinates on any theory of vicarious liability

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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Manis v. Lawson
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-10-16· cited 218×
• Kovacic v. Villarreal
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-12-17· cited 176×
• Adames v. Perez
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-06-04· cited 114×
• Brown v. Board of Trustees Sealy Independent School District
  S.D. Texas· 2012-05-09· cited 23×
• Cozzo v. Tangipahoa Parish Council-President Government
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-09-05· cited 6×
• Burris v. Davis
  S.D. Mississippi· 2009-06-03· cited 1×
• Poche v. Gautreaux
  M.D. Louisiana· 2013-09-17· cited 1×
• Spencer Ex Rel. Spencer v. Staton
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-06-15
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-03-15
• Rodriguez v. Cruz
  S.D. Texas· 2003-11-06
• Tate v. Gusman
  E.D. Louisiana· 2006-11-07
• Sanchez Madox v. Tommy Thomas, Sheriff
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2003-07-31
• Julio Perez, Jr. v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-01-27

Cites

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

• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Johnson v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 2,857×
• Behrens v. Pelletier
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-21· cited 2,084×
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-25· cited 946×
• Jane Doe v. Taylor Independent School District, Mike Caplinger in His Official Capacities and Eddy Lankford in His Official and Individual Capacities
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-03· cited 600×
• George Thompkins, Cross-Appellee v. Bill Belt, Sheriff, Avoyelles Parish, Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-09-29· cited 580×
• Salas v. Carpenter
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-12-08· cited 409×
• Williams v. Bramer
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-07-22· cited 340×
• James Snyder, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Sidney Trepagnier, City of New Orleans, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-05-27· cited 338×
• Lassiter v. Alabama A & M University
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-08-17· cited 311×
• Glenn v. City of Tyler
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-22· cited 297×
• Bowen v. American Hospital Assn.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-09· cited 282×
• Goodson v. City of Corpus Christi
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-01-26· cited 269×
• Eric Smith v. Steve Brenoettsy, Lieutenant, John P. Whitley, Warden
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-11-05· cited 256×
• Wagner v. Bay City Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-09-27· cited 200×

Other cases named Thompson v. Upshur County TX

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Thompson v. Upshur County TX
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-03-30