705 F. Supp. 12 - Marsh v. Barry’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 1986
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Campbell v. McGruder · Inmates of Occoquan v. Barry · Romero v. National Rifle Ass'n of America, Inc. · St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. James G. Davis Construction Corp.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“damages ... may be awarded whether or not the overcrowding is unconstitutional as long as the inmates are legitimately but nevertheless subjectively frustrated by the crowded conditions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brogsdale v. Barry“it is not clear whether ... the facility was sufficiently overcrowded to violate the constitutional rights of permanent prisoners.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Brogsdale v. Barry
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.