Pratt v. Rowland’s Empirical Analysis
65 F.3d 802 · 1995
Citation profile
62 federal appellate · 12 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 225 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Michael Malik Allah v. Thomas Seiverling (2000), Rhodes v. Robinson (2004)
62 federal appellate · 12 district · 4 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Sandin v. Conner · Hewitt v. Helms · Meachum v. Fano · Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson · Santoni v. United States
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 225 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'afford appropriate deference and flexibility' to prison officials in the evaluation of proffered legitimate penological reasons for conduct alleged to be retaliatory.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“bears the burden of pleading and proving the absence of legitimate correctional goals for the conduct of which he complains.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“need not establish an independent constitutional interest in”
5 later decisions 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.