Bennett v. Goord’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 7 district ·

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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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “But because prisoner retaliation claims are easily fabricated, and accordingly pose a substantial risk of unwarranted judicial intrusion into matters of general prison administration, we are careful to require non-conclusory allegations.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burns v. Martuscello · Diaz v. Drew

2. “[W]here ... circumstantial evidence of a retaliatory motive is sufficiently compelling, direct evidence is not invariably required.”); Gayle v. Gonyea, 313 F.3d 677, 684 (2d Cir.2002) (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 591 F. Supp. 2d 567 - Monterroso v. Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP · 399 F. Supp. 2d 228 - Rodriguez v. McClenning

3. “constitutionally protected conduct was a substantial or motivating factor for a prison official's adverse action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 46 F. Supp. 3d 239 - Morales v. Fischer