Foulds v. Corley’s Empirical Analysis
833 F.2d 52 · 1987
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Scheuer v. Rhodes · Wolff v. McDonnell · Daniels v. Williams · Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · Whitley v. Albers
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“traditional eighth amendment standard: was the infliction of pain 'unnecessary and wanton?'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beck v. Lynaugh“significant risks to the rights of inmates and prison staffs,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beck v. Lynaugh“ostensibly under the guise of achieving prison security”
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.