Pesci v. Budz’s Empirical Analysis
730 F.3d 1291 · 2013
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Bell v. Wolfish · Turner v. Safley · United States v. O'Brien · Procunier v. Martinez
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At the same time, deference to the professional judgment of the facility administration is not tantamount to carte blanche permission to deny the fundamental rights of free speech and free expression.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Pesci v. Budz“Deference to facility administrators and concerns relating to safety and security cannot be used as a pretext to silence undesirable speech.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Pesci v. Budz“who have been involuntarily committed are entitled to more considerate treatment and conditions of confinement than criminals,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Pesci v. Budz
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.