2 Cal. 3d 675 - In Re Harrell’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 158 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 195 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2012 · most notably Pell v. Procunier (1974), 3 Cal. 3d 16 - In Re William M. (1970)
16 federal appellate · 158 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
Relies on Johnson v. Avery · Ex parte Hull · 34 Cal. 2d 300 - In Re Swain · 68 Cal. 2d 137 - In re Berry · People v. Ward
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 195 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In this state we have long since abandoned the medieval concept of strict `civil death' and have replaced it with statutory provisions seeking to insure that the civil rights of those convicted of crime be limited only in accordance with legitimate penal objectives.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“though the sentencing judge and the Adult Authority had discretion to restore certain rights. The 1968 amendment did provide, however, that four basic rights were retained: to inherit property, to correspond confidentially with lawyers and public officials, to own written material produced during imprisonment, and to purchase, receive, and read published writings (subject to specified exceptions). Also it was judicially proclaimed that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““This section shall be construed so as not to deprive such person of the following civil rights, in accordance with the laws of this state: “(2) To correspond, confidentially, with any member of the State Bar, or holder of public office, provided that the prison authorities may open and inspect such mail to search for contraband.””
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.