Alexander S. v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.3d 1373 · 1997
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Bill Martin Director Michigan Department of Correctionss v. Everett Hadix (1999), Whitley v. Hunt (1998)
30 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3624 · 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 5039 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 28 U.S.C. § 1932 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. Olano · Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Farrar v. Hobby · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`The plainness or ambiguity of statutory language is determined by reference to the language itself, the specific context in which the language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“jail, prison, or other correctional facility”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As used in this section - * ❖ % * # % (5) the term “prison” means any Federal, State, or local facility that incarcerates or detains juveniles or adults accused of, convicted or, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of criminal law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.