Finney v. Mabry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate ·

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “at least once an hour at irregular times.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 877 F. Supp. 1296 - Smith v. Norris · Ernest Smith Jimmy Rudd v. Arkansas Department of Correction A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction Larry Norris, Acting Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction Willis H. Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction A.J. Hall, Major, Chief of Security R.R. Wood, Lieutenant, Shift Supervisor J. Cleveland, Guard John Hood, Officer James Banks, Classification and Assignment Officer, Ron Smyers, Medical Services Administrator John Does, I-X, Dale Reed, Warden, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Linda C. Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of John E. Stewart v. Arkansas Department of Correction A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Larry Norris, Acting Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction Willis H. Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction A.J. Hall, Major, Chief of Security R.R. Wood, Lieutenant, Shift Supervisor J. Cleveland, Guard John Hood, Officer, James Banks, Classification and Assignment Officer Ron Smyers, Medical Services Administrator John Does, I-X

2. “If the respondents continue the security measures as represented to the Court, they will be in compliance with the requirements of the Constitution, the Consent Decree, and all prior orders of the Court on the issue of inmate safety and overcrowding in the open barracks.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Arkansas Department of Correction · 877 F. Supp. 1296 - Smith v. Norris

3. “The alternative solution now devised by the respondents is adequate to bring the security in those open barracks to an acceptable level without requiring a population reduction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ernest Smith Jimmy Rudd v. Arkansas Department of Correction A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction Larry Norris, Acting Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction Willis H. Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction A.J. Hall, Major, Chief of Security R.R. Wood, Lieutenant, Shift Supervisor J. Cleveland, Guard John Hood, Officer James Banks, Classification and Assignment Officer, Ron Smyers, Medical Services Administrator John Does, I-X, Dale Reed, Warden, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Linda C. Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of John E. Stewart v. Arkansas Department of Correction A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Larry Norris, Acting Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction Willis H. Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction A.J. Hall, Major, Chief of Security R.R. Wood, Lieutenant, Shift Supervisor J. Cleveland, Guard John Hood, Officer, James Banks, Classification and Assignment Officer Ron Smyers, Medical Services Administrator John Does, I-X · Smith