Jay Lynott v. J. D. Henderson, Warden, Etc.’s Empirical Analysis
610 F.2d 340 · 1980
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Toussaint v. McCarthy (1986), Bellamy v. Bradley (1984)
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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 Bell v. Wolfish · Bounds v. Smith · Procunier v. Martinez · Pell v. Procunier · Johnson v. Avery
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“legitimate penological objectives, such as rehabilitation and the maintenance of security and order.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]onvicted prisoners have no absolute constitutional right to visitation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court must look to see whether the prison's ... practices actually further the [ ] objectives [of rehabilitation and 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.