Gates v. Collier’s Empirical Analysis
501 F.2d 1291 · 1974
Citation profile
191 federal appellate · 18 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 356 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably Hope v. Pelzer (2002), Wilson v. Seiter (1991)
191 federal appellate · 18 district · 14 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000H
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
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 356 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“handcuffing inmates to the fence and to cells for long periods of time”
28 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“That the individuals now holding these offices may not be the same as those in office when this suit was commenced is immaterial ... since the defendants were sued in their official [capacities] ... and it is only in their official capacities that they are constrained by the district court's order to act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a comprehensive plan for the elimination of all unconstitutional conditions in inmate housing, inadequate inmate housing, inadequate water, sewer and utilities, inadequate fire fighting equipment, inadequate hospital and other structures condemned by this court.”
1 later decision 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.