Kirby v. Blackledge’s Empirical Analysis
530 F.2d 583 · 1976
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Ruiz v. Estelle (1982), McCann v. Coughlin (1983)
27 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 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
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Perry v. Sindermann
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[m]any ... circumstances taken alone reach the level of cruel and unusual punishment, such as ... inadequate exercise....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[R]eminiscent of the Black Hole of Calcutta. The allegation is that there is a strip or “Chinese cell” where prisoners are occasionally placed in which there is no bedding, no light, and no toilet facilities, save a hole in the floor. The prison officials do not deny this, and it would appear that no genuine issue exists as to it, other than the argument that it is cruel and unusual.”
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.