Aref v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
833 F.3d 242 · 2016
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Wolff v. McDonnell · Heck v. Humphrey · Malley v. Briggs · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“decision will neither presently affect the parties' rights nor have a more-than-speculative chance of affecting them in the future.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) he engaged in conduct protected under the First Amendment; (2) the defendant took some retaliatory action sufficient to deter a person of ordinary firmness in plaintiff's position from speaking again; and (3) a causal link between the exercise of a constitutional right and the adverse action taken against him.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he length of confinement cannot be ignored in deciding whether the confinement meets constitutional standards. A filthy, overcrowded cell and a diet of 'grue' might be tolerable for a few days and intolerably cruel for weeks or months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Perry v. Spencer
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.