Proctor v. Calahan’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 2009
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Price v. Johnston · 359 So. 2d 1256 - Everett v. Goldman · Holt v. Pitts · 542 So. 2d 209 - Keyes v. Johnson · Pollard v. White
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prisoner has a right of access to state and federal civil courts. . . . However, this right does not necessarily include the right to be physically present at the trial of a civil suit. . . . Generally, prisoners who bring civil actions have no right to be personally present in court at any stage of the action. . . . Lawful incarceration brings about the necessary withdrawal or limitation of many privileges and rights among which is the right of a prisoner to plead and manage his action in court personally. . . . A prisoner's right to sue for civil damages does not involve a fundamental constitutional right, and, thus, access to the courts may be restricted if there is a rational basis for the restriction. . . . [3]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Falcon v. Falcon
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.