Diaz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “part of the prisoner class that prevailed in the original litigation,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wolfe v. New Mexico Department Of Human Services · Joseph Wolfe

2. “did not lose their prevailing-party status when they were named a subclass.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wolfe v. New Mexico Department Of Human Services · Joseph Wolfe

3. “In short, the 1980 consent decree was only the beginning, and counsel for the plaintiffs has a continuing duty and responsibility to make sure that the defendants comply, and continue to comply, with the decree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson