Morgan v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “fully aware that the exchange of verbal insults between inmates and guards is a constant, daily ritual observed in this nation’s prisons,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Somers v. Thurman · Buckley v. Gomez

2. “The inquiry to be made is whether prison conditions are such that they “deprive inmates of the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” Id. [at 347, 101 S.Ct. at 2399 .] Not all deprivations, therefore, give rise to eighth amendment concerns.... The eighth amendment is implicated, for example, when inmates are denied “essential food, medical care or sanitation,” or when conditions are such that the threat of violence among inmates is increased. [Id.] at 348 [ 101 S.Ct. at 2400 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 743 F. Supp. 1006 - Griffin v. Coughlin

3. “To determine the specific requirements of due process in a particular case, a court must consider the interest of the private individual at issue, the risk that an erroneous deprivation of the private interest will occur because of the procedures being used, the benefits that might result from additional or alternative procedural safeguards, and the governmental interests, including fiscal and administrative concerns, that are implicated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 886 F. Supp. 987 - Dixon v. Leonardo