Engel v. Wendl’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 148 · 1990
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
June 2022
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Malley v. Briggs · Superintendent Massachusetts Correctional Institution Walpole v. Hill · Hanrahan v. Hampton
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due process is violated unless prison disciplinary committee members possess `some evidence' before finding an inmate guilty of breaking institution rules”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Goff v. Dailey · Goff v. Dailey“The law in this case • clearly was established that due process is violated unless prison officials have some evidence to support their disciplinary action.”
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.