Straub v. Monge’s Empirical Analysis
815 F.2d 1467 · 1987
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently September 2013 · most notably Henry v. County of Shasta (1997), Toussaint v. McCarthy (1990)
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Bounds v. Smith · Boddie v. Connecticut
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Housley v. Dodson“Regulations and practices that unjustifiably obstruct the availability of professional representation or other aspects of the right of access to the courts are invalid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. John v. Adams“must include access in general civil legal matters including but not limited to divorce and small claims”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carper v. DeLand
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.