Bruce v. Ylst’s Empirical Analysis
351 F.3d 1283 · 2003
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Rhodes v. Robinson (2004), Lacey v. Maricopa County (2012)
12 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Sandin v. Conner · Superintendent Massachusetts Correctional Institution Walpole v. Hill
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he prohibition against retaliatory punishment is `clearly established law' in the Ninth Circuit, for qualified immunity purposes. That retaliatory actions by prison officials are cognizable under § 1983 has also been widely accepted in other circuits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Some evidence” review requires us to ask only whether there is any evidence in the record that could support the conclusion. This test is minimally stringent. Accordingly, we do not examine the entire record, independently assess witness credibility, or reweigh the evidence. Evidence only must bear some indicia of reliability to be considered “some evidence.” Moreover, evidence may qualify as “some evidence,” even if it does not logically preclude! ] any conclusion but the one reached.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dorrough v. Ruff“[P]rison officials may not defeat a retaliation claim on summary judgment simply by articulating a general justification for a neutral process, when there is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the action was taken in retaliation for the exercise of a constitutional right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.