Mayberry v. Maroney’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Rizzo v. Goode · Klapprott v. United States · Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction · Mayberry v. Maroney · Torockio v. Chamberlain Mfg. Co
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(t)hough certainly not a particularly pleasant place of confinement . . . , that area is bright, dry and clean, the individual cells small but reasonably adequate for use on the temporary (48-hour minimum) basis . . . ,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mayberry v. Maroney“recourse to the basement facility on an emergency or crisis basis is essential to the orderly management of Western Penitentiary,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mayberry v. Maroney“(t)he record does not indicate whether the physical condition of the area is the same as it was prior to January 1973.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mayberry v. Maroney
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.