Sides v. Cherry’s Empirical Analysis
609 F.3d 576 · 2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Illinois v. Allen · Estelle v. Williams · Holbrook v. Flynn · Deck v. Missouri · United States v. Baker
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“requiring a party in a civil trial to appear in shackles 'may well deprive him of due process unless the restraints are necessary.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“simply because [Sides's] propensity for violence was not directly at issue in the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“district courts have the weighty responsibility of ensuring the security of their courtrooms, and endorse their broad discretion in determining whether it is necessary to have a prisoner-party or witness physically restrained during a civil trial. So long as a district court engages in an appropriate inquiry and supplies a reasonable basis for its decision, we will defer to its determination that physical restraints are necessary to ensure courtroom security, as the trial judge is uniquely positioned and qualified to make that determination.”
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.