393 F. Supp. 335 - Fitzgerald v. Procunier’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Johnson v. Avery · Weems v. United States · Sostre v. McGinnis · Montague v. Rhay
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Subject was denied transfer on the basis of pending court action. Committee could see no alternative to retaining subject in segregation with recommendation that case be reviewed again after completion of court action.””
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.