Kendrick v. Bland’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
July 1996
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 1746
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Bounds v. Smith · Procunier v. Martinez
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the state must provide the postage for indigent inmates in order to ensure their access to the courts, however, that absolute right [to seal and send all outgoing mail without inspection] may give way in order to allow the designated legal office supervisor to determine from the outside of the envelope, and if necessary a cursory glance at its contents, that it is a court or legal document destined to a court of competent jurisdiction, employed or appointed legal counsel, or [the Office for Public Advocacy].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell-Bey v. Williams
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.