Cates v. Ciccone’s Empirical Analysis
422 F.2d 926 · 1970
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently May 1994 · most notably Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction (1974), Bonner v. Coughlin (1976)
42 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 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 Townsend v. Sain · Sanders v. United States · Johnson v. Avery · United States v. Muniz · Wells v. Simonds Abrasive 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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the absence of factual allegations of obvious neglect or intentional mistreatment, the courts should place their confidence in the reports of reputable prison physicians that reasonable medical care is being rendered. The district courts cannot become a forum to enjoin prison authorities for alleged negligence in rendering medical care to prisoners under the guise of habeas corpus or in any other action seeking injunctive relief.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]here can be exceptional situations where a court will undertake ‘to review the nature and conditions of a prisoner’s otherwise lawful confinement.’” See also: Harris v. Settle, 322 F.2d 908 (8th Cir. 1963), and Haynes v. Harris, 344 F.2d 463 (8th Cir. 1965).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is settled law in this circuit that a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is not the appropriate remedy to seek correction of alleged unconstitutional prison discipline, (citing cases).””
2 later decisions 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.