McKinney v. Maynard’s Empirical Analysis
952 F.2d 350 · 1991
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Neitzke v. Williams · Turner v. Safley · Procunier v. Martinez · Pell v. Procunier
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a prison regulation or practice offends a fundamental constitutional guarantee, [that] federal courts will discharge their duty to protect constitutional rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“convicted prisoners do not forfeit all constitutional protections by reason of their convictions and confinement in prison.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the practice of Native American traditional religion may not conform as neatly to those accommodations already provided in a prison setting, that, standing alone, neither renders the claim of a Native American worshipper frivolous nor terminates the responsibility of prison officials to consider some accommodation. Indeed, the fact that prison authorities have made accommodations to other religions should provide some guidance in determining the frivolousness of [plaintiffs] claim.”
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.