Porter v. Clarke’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3625 · 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Hope v. Pelzer · United States v. W. T. Grant Co.
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.
“That Congress explicitly included an 'ongoing violation' requirement in the termination provision and omitted it from the initial relief provision implies that Congress did not intend for courts to be bound by the 'ongoing violation' requirement when determining whether equitable relief is initially available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Porter v. Clarke“In particular, they were denied access to any form of congregate recreation, either indoor or outdoor; they were not allowed to eat meals outside of their cells; and they could not participate in congregate religious services or prison programming.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Porter v. Clarke“occur[s] in a newly screened off area of the death row pod that contain[s] a television, two tables with seating, a bench, various games, and a JPAY kiosk that enable[s] inmates to download music, purchase books and movies, and send e-mails.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Porter v. Clarke
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.