Stroud v. Swope’s Empirical Analysis
187 F.2d 850 · 1951
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2000 · most notably Hudson v. McMillian (1992), Mark O. Hatfield, Governor of the State of Oregon v. Paul R. Bailleaux (1961)
50 federal appellate · 6 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. § 4042 (Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021)
Relies on Price v. Johnston · Taylor v. United States · Kelly v. Dowd · Platek v. Aderhold
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is well settled that it is not the function of the courts to superintend the treatment and discipline of prisoners in penitentiaries, but only to deliver from imprisonment those who are illegally confined.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Aside from the purely legal aspects of this case very practical considerations militate against granting to appellant the relief for which he prays for to do so would open the door to a flood of applications from federal prisoners which would seriously hamper the administration of our prison system.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hock v. Hagan · Washington v. Hagan“Lawful incarceration brings about the necessary withdrawal or limitation of many privileges and rights, a retraction justified by the considerations underlying our penal system.”
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.