Burgin v. Nix’s Empirical Analysis
899 F.2d 733 · 1990
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2015 · most notably Sandin v. Conner (1995), Burns v. PA Department of Correction (2008)
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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 Wolff v. McDonnell · Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson · Price v. Johnston · Campbell v. Cauthron · Nash v. Black
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.