Smith v. Erickson’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.2d 1108 · 1989
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Snyder v. Nolen (2004), Trackwell v. United States Government (2007)
18 federal appellate · 1 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 Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Turner v. Safley · Bounds v. Smith · Carnegie v. United States · Thornburgh v. Abbott
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.
“Factors relevant to this analysis include: (1) whether the governmental objective is legitimate and neutral and the restriction has a rational connection to the asserted goal; (2) whether alternative means of exercising the right remain open to inmates; (3) whether accommodation of the asserted right will significantly affect guards, other inmates, and the allocation of prison resources; and (4) whether ready alternatives to the restriction are available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blaise v. Fenn“the filing of complaints and other documents is an integral part of the judicial process and that [a court clerk] would be protected by judicial immunity from damages for civil rights violations committed in connection with the performance of such tasks”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Snyder v. Nolen“the filing of complaints and other documents is an integral part of the judicial process”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cole v. Tesar
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.