Blaise v. Fenn’s Empirical Analysis
48 F.3d 337 · 1995
Citation profile
10 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 · Turner v. Safley · Bounds v. Smith · Procunier v. Martinez · Berdella v. Delo
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.
“systematic denial” of the right of access constituting such a "fundamental deprivation that it is an injury in itself.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kristian v. State
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.