Denson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.2d 329 · 1970
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Escobedo v. Illinois · Sherman v. United States · Spano v. People of the State of New York · Stroud v. United States
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“prison officials may inspect or examine the effects and communications of prison inmates without depriving the inmates of their constitutional rights . . . . Cox v. Crouse, 376 F.2d 824 (10th Cir.); United States v. Morin, 378 F.2d 472 (2d Cir.); Vida v. Cage, 385 F.2d 408 (6th Cir.).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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