Messere v. Fair’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carey v. Piphus · Bounds v. Smith · Procunier v. Martinez · Walker v. Mintzes · Twyman v. Crisp
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is obliged to satisfy in some reasonable manner the constitutional right of out-of-state inmates to meaningful access to the courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clayton v. Tansy
How this case has been treated — in progress
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