Mays v. Springborn’s Empirical Analysis
575 F.3d 643 · 2009
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Bell v. Wolfish · Turner v. Safley · Thornburgh v. Abbott · Overton Director Michigan Department of Corrections et al. v. Bazzetta et al.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where there is only minimal evidence suggesting that the prison's regulation is irrational, running through each factor at length is unnecessary.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nigl v. Litscher · Flynn v. Burns“the only evidence he produced was that the [forbidden items] were allowed at other prisons”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“were conducted in a harassing manner intended to humiliate and cause psychological pain”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leiser v. Kloth
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.