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← 230 F. Supp. 2d 1016 - Comer v. Stewart

230 F. Supp. 2d 1016 - Comer v. Stewart’s Empirical Analysis

2002

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
June 2014
most recently cited

3 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1651

Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · Farmer v. Brennan · Brady v. United States

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “: (1) difficulty falling or staying asleep; (2) irritability or outbursts of anger; (3) difficulty concentrating; (4) hypervigilance; and (5) exaggerated startle response. Id. Dr. Krupers, however, merely speculated that”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “whether [Comer's] conditions of confinement constitute punishment so harsh that he has been forced to abandon a natural desire to live.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “has made a competent and free choice, which `is merely an example of doing what you want to do, embodies in the word liberty.'”
    2 later decisions 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.