Whitfield v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1746 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Wolff v. McDonnell · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Sandin v. Conner
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well-established 'that prisoners have a constitutional right of access to the courts' under the Due Process Clause[ ] ....”
1 later decision 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.