Smith v. Swenson’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
May 1978
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Krist v. Smith · James G. Carey v. Dr. Russell O. Settle · Diehl v. Wainwright · 309 F. Supp. 497 - Krist v. Smith · Numer v. Miller
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Maximum security confinement 'is permissible where its object is protection of the general prison population or the personnel, protection of the prisoner himself, for disobedience of orders or for prevention of his escape.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.