Richards v. White’s Empirical Analysis
957 F.2d 471 · 1992
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
March 2006
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Rhodes v. Chapman · Pell v. Procunier · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Williams v. Lane
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.
“(1) Is there a legitimate governmental interest underlying the prison regulation? (2) Does the prisoner retain alternative ways of exercising the right in question? (3) What impact would accommodation of the asserted constitutional right have on guards, other inmates, and on the allocation of prison resources?”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reasonably related to legitimate penological objectives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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