Dorman v. Thornburgh’s Empirical Analysis
955 F.2d 57 · 1992
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently January 2014 · most notably Weinberger v. United States (2001), 786 F. Supp. 65 - Dooley v. United Technologies Corp. (1992)
9 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 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
Relies on Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson · Nicholas v. United States · Hernandez v. United States · Shango v. Jurich · Martin v. Sargent
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.
“Dorman has been paroled since noting this appeal. Consequently, his plea for injunctive relief is now moot.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to improve prison conditions is moot if [plaintiff is no longer subject to those conditions]”
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.