Harris v. Settle’s Empirical Analysis
322 F.2d 908 · 1963
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex parte Hull · Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. · Chandler v. Occidental Petroleum Corp. · Coffin v. Reichard · Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]here can be exceptional situations where a court will undertake ‘to review the nature and conditions of a prisoner’s otherwise lawful confinement.’” See also: Harris v. Settle, 322 F.2d 908 (8th Cir. 1963), and Haynes v. Harris, 344 F.2d 463 (8th Cir. 1965).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“so unreasonable as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment within the prohibition of the Eighth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cates v. Ciccone
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.