O'Connell v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Turner v. Safley · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey · Bounds v. Smith · Christopher Former Secretary of State et al. v. Harbury
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Supreme Court has recognized that “adequate law libraries” are a component of the right of access to the courts. See Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 828 , 97 S.Ct. 1491 , 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977).”
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.