Beaulieu v. Ludeman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions

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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether there is a valid, rational connection between the regulation and legitimate governmental interests put forward to justify it; (2) whether alternative means of exercising their rights remain open to the prisoners; (3) whether accommodation of the asserted rights will trigger a “ripple effect” on fellow inmates and prison officials; and (4) whether a ready alternative to the regulation would fully accommodate the prisoners’ rights at de minimis cost to the valid penological interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Karsjens v. Jesson

2. “To establish a § 1983 claim for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment, a plaintiff must allege (1) that [she] engaged in a protected activity, (2) that the defendants responded with adverse action that would “chill a person of ordinary firmness” from continuing in the activity, and (3) that “the adverse action was motivated at least in part by the exercise of the protected activity.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peters v. Woodbury County

3. “[I]nvoluntarily civilly committed persons retain the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches that is analogous to the right retained by pretrial detainees.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 336 F. Supp. 3d 974 - Karsjens v. Piper