McDonald v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
610 F.2d 16 · 1979
Citation profile
95 federal appellate · 53 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 213 later decisions — most recently January 2022 · most notably Cassesso v. Commissioner of Correction (1983), Thaddeus-X v. Blatter (1999)
95 federal appellate · 53 district · 17 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
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Bounds v. Smith · Johnson v. Avery · Montanye v. Haymes
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 213 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]ur duty to be 'less stringent' with pro se complaints - 14 - does not require us to conjure up unpled allegations.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“(O)n remand, the appellant will face a substantial burden in attempting to prove that the actual motivating factor for his transfer was as he alleges. Plaintiff must prove that he would not have been transferred 'but for' the alleged reason. Moreover, the requirement of a 'but for' showing together with the wide latitude afforded prison officials in ordering transfers may make summary judgment particularly appropriate.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“aver a chronology of events which may be read as providing some support for an inference of retaliation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.