In Re Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Paul v. Davis · Sandin v. Conner · Hewitt v. Helms · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“provides no more protection than the federal constitution in the context of the interest in confidentiality, or the nondisclosure of personal information.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“when the agency determines that disclosure of the information is relevant and necessary to protect the public and counteract the danger created by the particular offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an unlawful `restraint,' which includes any `disability resulting from a judgment or sentence in a criminal case.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.