Kelly v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Washington v. Davis · Yick Wo v. Hopkins · Baxter v. Palmigiano
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. When compliance with the agency regulation is mandated by the Constitution or federal law; 2. When an individual has reasonably relied on agency regulations promulgated for his guidance or benefit and has suffered substantially because of their violation by the agency; or, 3. When the violation of the agency regulation arguably amounts to a denial of equal protection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Administrative review of prison disciplinary actions is not required by the Fourteenth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dyer v. Evitts
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.