Brown v. Braxton’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.3d 501 · 2004
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Sandin v. Conner · Baxter v. Palmigiano · Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc. · Ponte v. Real
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[F]ederal courts ought to afford appropriate deference and flexibility to state officials trying to manage a volatile environment.”); cf. Brown v. Braxton, 373 F.3d 501, 507-08 (4th Cir.2004) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whitmore v. Parker
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.