Stevens v. Ralston’s Empirical Analysis
674 F.2d 759 · 1982
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
December 1991
most recently cited
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Procunier v. Martinez
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Such a right, however, is subject to restriction to the extent clearly necessary to protect the government's interest in security and order within the prison.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wiggins v. Sargent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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