Perry E. Walker v. Frank J. Pate’s Empirical Analysis
356 F.2d 502 · 1966
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1983 · most notably Cruz v. Beto (1972), Gittlemacker v. Prasse (1970)
23 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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 United States ex rel. Morris v. Radio Station WENR · United States ex rel. Knight v. Ragen · Kelly v. Dowd · Siegel v. Ragen
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is apparent that the various complaints of plaintiff are matters within the scope of prison discipline and security. It is well established law in this Circuit, that except under exceptional circumstances, internal matters such as rules and regulations in state prisons, are the sole concern of the states, and that federal courts will not inquire concerning them.” (Citations omitted.)”
3 later decisions 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.