Thunderhorse v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson Director Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction · Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. · Sossamon v. Lone Star · Grant v. Cuellar · Baranowski v. Hart
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Prisoners may hide weapons and other contraband in their hair. 114 F.3d at 73 . In addition, requiring short hair makes it more difficult for an escaped prisoner to alter his appearance from photographs that the TDCJ periodically takes of each inmate. Id. In light of these concerns, we held that “the security interest at stake cannot meaningfully be achieved appropriately by any different or lesser means than hair length standards.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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