Burkholder v. Newton’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Estelle v. Gamble · Wolff v. McDonnell · Farmer v. Brennan · Rhode Island v. Innis
Most-quoted passages
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“It is questionable if having ... a toilet that backs up sometimes is really an 'atypical and significant hardship ... in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.' ”); Smith v. Copeland, 87 F.3d 265, 269 (8th Cir.1996) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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