Abbott v. Meese’s Empirical Analysis
824 F.2d 1166 · 1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 294 · 28 U.S.C. § 540
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Turner v. Safley · Bounds v. Smith · 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consequential restriction on the [constitutional] rights of those who are not prisoners.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Nichols v. Nix · Lawson v. Dugger“(1) Homosexual (of the same sex as the institution population).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the Bureau [must] articulate a relationship between its regulations (and practices) and legitimate penological objectives such as internal security. Once the Bureau meets that requirement, the plaintiffs must show by 'substantial evidence' that the defendants have 'exaggerated their response' to the 'problems the regulations address.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thornburgh v. Abbott
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.