King v. McCarty’s Empirical Analysis
781 F.3d 889 · 2015
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Bell v. Wolfish · Gregg v. Georgia
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“overcome calculated harassment unrelated to prison needs”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Henry v. Hulett · Leiser v. Kloth“[u]rine tests are searches for Fourth Amendment purposes, and prison inmates retain protected privacy rights in their bodies, although these rights do not extend to their surroundings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“So, does a prison inmate enjoy any protection at all under the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures? ... [W]e think the answer is 'yes,' ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.