Brown v. Beard’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Commonwealth v. Capitolo · Commonwealth v. Ostrosky · Pennsylvania Department of Banking v. NCAS of Delaware, LLC. · Calloway v. Department of Corrections · Jae v. Good
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A civil proceeding arising in whole or in part under Federal or State law with respect to the conditions of confinement or the effects of actions by a government party on the life of an individual confined in prison. The term includes an appeal. The term does not include criminal proceedings or habeas corpus proceedings challenging the fact or duration of confinement in prison.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lopez v. Haywood“the prison conditions litigation is frivolous or malicious or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted or the defendant is entitled to assert a valid affirmative defense, including immunity, which, if asserted, would preclude the relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Our review of the trial court's decision is limited to a determination of whether constitutional rights were violated, or whether the trial court abused its discretion or committed an error of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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