Cooper v. Pate’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
458 federal appellate · 135 district · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,240 later decisions (37 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Estelle v. Gamble (1976), Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)
458 federal appellate · 135 district · 31 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedThomas Cooper v. Frank J. Pate, Warden (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on James Pierce v. J. E. La Vallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, Martin T. Sostre v. J. E. La Vallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, William Sa Marion v. J. E. La Vallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York · Theodore X. A. Sewell v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Joseph X. Watson v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc. · Thomas Cooper v. Frank J. Pate, Warden
Cited together with Conley v. Gibson · Haines v. Kerner · Cruz v. Beto · Wolff v. McDonnell · Monroe v. Pape
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 1,240 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“take as true the allegations of the complaint”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“solely because of his religious beliefs he was denied permission to purchase certain religious publications and denied other privileges enjoyed by other prisoners.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weaver v. Pate“to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”
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.