Lyons v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
838 F.2d 28 · 1988
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 11 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently September 2010 · most notably Scott v. Moore (1997), 161 Ill. 2d 119 - People v. Banks (1994)
10 federal appellate · 11 district · 4 state decisions
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 Conley v. Gibson · Haines v. Kerner · Bell v. Wolfish · Bounds v. Smith · Ingraham v. Wright
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]bsent a showing of an expressed intent to punish on the part of detention facility officials, that determination generally will turn on whether an alternative purpose to which the restriction may rationally be connected is assignable for it, and whether it appears excessive in relation to the alternative purpose assigned to it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The appellant’s complaints alleged civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , stemming from certain aspects of his confinement as a federal pretrial detainee at New Hampshire State Prison (NHSP). The district court found that these alleged violations fell into two categories: (1) cruel and unusual punishment arising from the conditions of appellant’s confinement; and (2) inadequate access to the courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lyons v. Powell“Certain disabilities, such as restriction of movement and loss of freedom of choice and privacy, [are] natural by-products of the detention process, and should not be considered 'punishment' in the constitutional sense.”
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.