Marchesani v. McCune’s Empirical Analysis
531 F.2d 459 · 1976
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 18 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably Ramos v. Lamm (1980), Ramos v. Lamm (1983)
23 federal appellate · 18 district ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 4001 · 18 U.S.C. § 4081 · 18 U.S.C. § 894
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Wolff v. McDonnell · Procunier v. Martinez · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Pell v. Procunier
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ ‘prison setting is, at best, tense. It is sometimes explosive, and always potentially dangerous.’ ”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when due process contentions are raised relative to the operation, maintenance and administration of the penal system, the courts should be acutely aware that caution must be exercised in achieving a careful balance of the interest of that system as against the interests of the prisoners.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he duty to classify inmates rests with federal prison officials”
2 later decisions 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.