Smith v. Bounds’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
July 1995
most recently cited
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bounds v. Smith · Procunier v. Martinez · Johnson v. Avery · Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Smith · Younger v. Gilmore
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the best alternative would be to provide them [prisoners] with some form of assistance from trained attorneys.... This conclusion should not come as a revelation to anyone. In Bounds v. Smith, the Supreme Court clearly expressed its preference for the use of some form of legal services program for inmates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hooks v. Wainwright
How this case has been treated — in progress
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