Gibbs v. King’s Empirical Analysis
779 F.2d 1040 · 1986
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Woods v. Smith (1995), Smith v. Maschner (1990)
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Hewitt v. Helms · 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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Federal courts will not review the sufficiency of the evidence at a disciplinary hearing; a finding of guilt requires only the support of 'some facts' or 'any evidence at all.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to prevent the escalation of tension that can arise from ... exchanges between inmates and guards.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under McCrae's reasoning, Gibbs had a right to due process protection. The Disciplinary Rules and Procedures state, 'No prisoner may be punished except after a finding of guilt by the Disciplinary Officer or Disciplinary Board, and then only according to the penalty schedule for that violation.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.