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588 F. Supp. 772 - Cole v. Fulcomer’s Empirical Analysis

1984

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 1992
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Wisconsin v. Yoder · United States v. Seeger · Inmates of Allegheny County Jail v. Pierce P W R · St Claire 'X' 80-1077 v. Cuyler

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

  1. “Hair that does not fall below the top of the collar in length, a beard or goatee no longer than three inches, a moustache and sideburns shall be permitted provided that they are neat and clean.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “are not consistently required to be clean shaven and to have their hair cut when they are photographed upon commitment to the correctional system”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “minimal and, in light of existing procedures for the detection of contraband, unlikely to pose any significant risk to institutional security.”
    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.