Howard v. Smyth’s Empirical Analysis
365 F.2d 428 · 1966
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently June 2007 · most notably Sostre v. McGinnis (1971), Jackson v. Bishop (1968)
28 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 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
Relies on Roberts v. Pegelow · James H. Childs v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Charles 5x Lincoln v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Lloyd Smith v. Paul F. Pegelow, Supt., Stanley A. Knupp, Asst. Supt.
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“building are not permitted to work and earn money; they are allowed only two meals a day, and are deprived of radio, television and movie privileges; they do not have access to the library and are not permitted to attend educational classes; they are allowed to bathe only once a week, as opposed to daily bathing allowed other prisoners. It is also highly significant that the Parole Board declines to consider as eligible for parole any prisoner who is confined in [”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“building is not as harsh as solitary confinement, * * * prisoners in”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. West v. Cunningham
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.