725 F. Supp. 2d 735 - Westefer v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer · Wolff v. McDonnell · Fuentes v. Shevin · Sandin v. Conner
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“prove[] that conditions of confinement at the [Ohio supermax facility in Wilkinson] are significantly more restrictive than the conditions of confinement”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Perry v. Spencer“a basis for objection before the next decisionmaker or in a subsequent classification review,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Perry v. Spencer“atypical and significant hardship under any plausible baseline.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Perry v. Spencer
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.