Bowe v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
January 1995
most recently cited
7 federal appellate ·
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonable grounds to believe that an inmate ... represents an immediate threat to the safety, security or order”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an officer reasonably believes that a facility rule has been violated.”
3 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.