482 F. Supp. 1144 - Derrow v. Shields’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e adopt the position of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and hold that habeas corpus ... is the exclusive initial [emphasis added] cause of action where the basis of the plaintiff’s claim goes to the fact or duration of his confinement, whereas challenges to conditions of confinement may proceed under section 1983 .... We further hold that courts should be governed by these classifications irrespective of the relief sought or the label placed by the petitioner upon such action.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ringenberg v. Cox · Holsey v. Bass

2. “Neither of these cases provide binding precedent in a situation where, as here, the resolution of the civil rights action will necessarily determine the validity or invalidity of the inmate’s state confinement. The question remains an open one in this judicial circuit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Holsey v. Bass

3. “subsequent decisions have rendered this Griffin principle 'inapplicable' when a prisoner has been afforded a full and fair opportunity to raise his constitutional claim at trial and on appeal,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Muncy