John v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis
969 F.2d 228 · 1992
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably Thaddeus-X v. Blatter (1999), Knop v. Johnson (1992)
24 federal appellate · 5 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 Wolff v. McDonnell · Penson v. Ohio · Gault · Hudson v. Palmer · Bounds v. Smith
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in all other types of civil actions, states may not erect barriers that impede the right of access of incarcerated persons.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reid v. Martin · Knop v. Johnson“cases involving constitutional rights and other civil rights actions related to their incarceration.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On numerous occasions the Supreme Court has recognized the existence of a constitutional right of access to the courts.... Outside the prisoner context, the Court has found support for the right of access in the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., 207 U.S. 142 , 28 S.Ct. 34 , 52 L.Ed. 143 (1907); ... as well as in due process of law, Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 , 91 S.Ct. 780 , 28 L.Ed.2d 113 (1971). The Supreme Court has also held, ‘The right of access to the courts is but one aspect of the right of petition [of the First Amendment].’ California Motor Transp. Co. v. Trucking Unlimited, 404 U.S. 508 , 92 S.Ct. 609 , 30 L.Ed.2d 642 (1972).”
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.