Elliott v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis
675 F.3d 1241 · 2012
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Sandin v. Conner · Hewitt v. Helms · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Ingraham v. Wright
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.
“reflects a confusion between what is a liberty interest and what procedures the government must follow before it can restrict or deny that interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moya v. Garcia · Moya v. Garcia“[t]hey 'collapse the distinction between the interest protected and the process that protects it.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moya v. Garcia · Moya v. Garcia“creates a liberty interest protected by constitutional procedural due process,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moya v. Garcia · Moya v. Garcia
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.