Klinger’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
21 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Cadlerock Properties Joint Venture, L.P. v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection (2000), DuPont v. Commissioner of Correction (2007)
21 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Turner v. Safley · Shapiro v. Thompson · Procunier v. Martinez · Craig v. Boren
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[d]ifferences between challenged programs at ... two prisons are virtually irrelevant because so many variables affect the mix of programming that an institution has.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Victory v. Berks Cnty. · Cheryl Klinger Linda Lange Gweniver Lay Stacy Finn v. Department of Corrections Harold W. Clarke, Director Larry Tewes, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and Former Acting Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Victor Lofgreen, Former Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Larry Wayne, Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Judith Danielsen, Psychologist, Nebraska Center for Women Margaret Wehland, Medical Nurse, Nebraska Center for Women, State of Alabama State of California State of Louisiana State of Maryland State of Minnesota State of Missouri State of Nevada State of New Mexico State of North Dakota State of South Dakota State of Vermont State of Alaska, Amici Curiae. Cheryl Klinger Linda Lange Gweniver Lay Stacy Finn v. Department of Corrections Harold W. Clarke, Director, Larry Tewes, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and Former Acting Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Victor Lofgreen, Former Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women, Larry Wayne, Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Judith Danielsen, Psychologist, Nebraska Center for Women Margaret Wehland, Medical Nurse, Nebraska Center for Women, State of Alabama State of California State of Louisiana State of Maryland State of Minnesota State of Missouri State of Nevada State of New Mexico State of North Dakota State of South Dakota State of Vermont State of Alaska, Amici Curiae“The Equal Protection Clause generally requires the government to treat similarly situated people alike.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]omparing programs at NSP to those at NCW is like the proverbial comparison of apples to oranges.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roubideaux v. ND DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS AND REHAB. · Cheryl Klinger Linda Lange Gweniver Lay Stacy Finn v. Department of Corrections Harold W. Clarke, Director Larry Tewes, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and Former Acting Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Victor Lofgreen, Former Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Larry Wayne, Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Judith Danielsen, Psychologist, Nebraska Center for Women Margaret Wehland, Medical Nurse, Nebraska Center for Women, State of Alabama State of California State of Louisiana State of Maryland State of Minnesota State of Missouri State of Nevada State of New Mexico State of North Dakota State of South Dakota State of Vermont State of Alaska, Amici Curiae. Cheryl Klinger Linda Lange Gweniver Lay Stacy Finn v. Department of Corrections Harold W. Clarke, Director, Larry Tewes, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and Former Acting Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Victor Lofgreen, Former Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women, Larry Wayne, Superintendent of Nebraska Center for Women Judith Danielsen, Psychologist, Nebraska Center for Women Margaret Wehland, Medical Nurse, Nebraska Center for Women, State of Alabama State of California State of Louisiana State of Maryland State of Minnesota State of Missouri State of Nevada State of New Mexico State of North Dakota State of South Dakota State of Vermont State of Alaska, Amici Curiae
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.