Williams v. Walls’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 1345 · 1984
Citation profile
7 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 Meachum v. Fano · Hughes v. Rowe · Olim v. Wakinekona · Montanye v. Haymes
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ppellant has pointed to no statute, regulation or practice which places any substantive limitation on Missouri's discretion to transfer inmates. Nor does appellant show that any particularized standards or criteria were established by the state to govern transfer decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beard v. Livesay
How this case has been treated — in progress
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