Sanders v. Woodruff’s Empirical Analysis
908 F.2d 310 · 1990
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Bell v. Wolfish · Ratchford v. Gay Lib · Macharia v. Hodel · McKinnon v. Patterson
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 23 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 by the prison officials, whether an inmate is segregated for 'punitive' reasons or for administrative purposes generally will turn on whether the detention is reasonably related to a legitimate government objective”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. McCellan v. Dowd“`Due process claims are generally subjected to a two-part analysis: (1) is the asserted interest protected by the due process clause; and (2) if so, what process is due.' [Citation omitted.]”
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.