Inmates v. Owens’s Empirical Analysis
561 F.2d 560 · 1977
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably Green v. Branson (1997), Cervantes v. Walker (1978)
31 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Roe v. Wade · United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · Sosna v. Iowa · Weinstein v. Bradford
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The suit below was not filed, nor was it ever certified, as a class action. . . . (A)ll the inmates who sought declaratory and injunctive relief relating to the . . . conditions of confinement complained of were no longer subjected to the alleged treatment once they were released. Accordingly, we hold that their claims for injunctive relief are moot.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a substantial controversy, between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Deusen v. Evatt · Ross v. Reed“In order to state a civil rights claim upon which relief can be granted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, one must allege that he, himself, sustained a deprivation of a right, privilege or immunity secured to him by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Lopez v. Luginbill, 483 F.2d 486 , 488 (10th Cir. 1973). This was not done, and the complaint was properly dismissed”
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.