Webb v. Goord’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Fertel-Rust v. Dane County Social Services
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“although not so labeled, [is] akin to a class action challenging State prison conditions and operational practices.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Webb v. Goord
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.