Franklin v. Fortner’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.2d 494 · 1976
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
June 1982
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Meachum v. Fano · Preiser v. Newkirk · Montanye v. Haymes
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.
“not structured to be a condition precedent to action by the administrators.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mitchell v. Hicks
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.