Zavaro v. Coughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Anderson v. Creighton · Wolff v. McDonnell · Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · Allen v. McCurry
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Captain Homrighouse adjudicated plaintiff guilty of violating prison rules on the basis of patently deficient evidence--on uncorroborated statements of confidential informants and signed statements of eye witnesses which contain absolutely no reference to the plaintiff,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Zavaro v. Coughlin“that Homrighouse's actions unequivocally failed to meet even the minimum due process standards which the law has set for such prison proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Zavaro v. Coughlin“violent conduct or conduct involving the threat of violence which creates an immediate danger to life, health, or facility security.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Zavaro v. Coughlin
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.