Long v. Katzenbach’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
May 1979
most recently cited
8 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1361
Relies on Cooper v. Pate · Roberts v. Pegelow · Walker v. Blackwell · Desmond v. Blackwell
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plaintiffs complain they cannot receive the weekly newspaper, `Muhammad Speaks.' This is highly inflammatory material and any such refusal is justified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Long v. Parker“Religious Beliefs and Practices of Inmates”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Long v. Parker
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.