Jaben v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bounds v. Smith · Hewitt v. Helms · Cruz v. Beto · Newman v. Alabama · Gittlemacker v. Prasse
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of this Compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same institution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given that a primary purpose of the custody classification is a determination of the proper place of confinement, a common-sense reading of this provision must allow authorities having daily physical custody of the transferred inmate to evaluate this aspect of his program.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Garcia v. Lemaster
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.