Morris v. Raines’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1977
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · Tigner v. Texas · Norvell v. State of Illinois · Bethea v. Crouse · Levier v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . There is no showing that any of the so-called discriminations are based on unreasonable or prohibited class distinctions or that they are other than reasonably necessary distinctions for the orderly administration of the prison and the welfare of the prisoners. . . . They simply do not rise to the level of unconstitutional discrimination.” Id. at 87 , 551 P.2d at 839 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Foster v. Maynard
How this case has been treated — in progress
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