Lawrence v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1975
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Roy v. Wainwright · Haskew v. Wainwright · United States v. Hill
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.
“abuse of discretion by state prison authorities in providing medical treatment for prisoners.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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