708 F. Supp. 570 - Benjamin v. Coughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
3
states following
June 2008
most recently cited
2 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Turner v. Safley · Procunier v. Martinez · Pell v. Procunier
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.
“yarmulkes and kufis are smaller and fit closely to the head, while the crown is of a size and shapelessness which would facilitate uses which are legitimately forbidden.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benjamin v. Coughlin“concealing and transporting weapons, controlled substances or other contraband, thus posing a threat to prison security.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benjamin v. Coughlin“misses the point of the violence done to [an inmate's] religious beliefs when his hair is cut.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benjamin v. Coughlin
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.