Patterson v. Mintzes’s Empirical Analysis
717 F.2d 284 · 1983
Citation profile
72 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably Thomas v. Arn (1986), Douglass v. United Services Automobile Ass'n (1996)
72 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Bounds v. Smith · Pell v. Procunier · United States v. Raddatz · Cruz v. Beto
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] total or near-total deprivation of exercise or recreational opportunity, without penological justification, violates Eighth Amendment guarantees.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gumpl v. Seiter · Mitchell v. Rice“ultimate responsibility of properly adjudicating the Article III controversy before it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that when written objections to a magistrate’s report are tendered beyond the 10 day period of 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1), but are nevertheless filed and considered by the district court, the criteria identified in Walters in justification of the waiver rule promulgated therein dissipate and the rule will not apply to bar appellate review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kent v. Johnson
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.