Phillips v. Brennan’s Empirical Analysis
969 F.2d 384 · 1992
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Meachum v. Fano · Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission · Solomon v. Elsea
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there simply is no constitutional guarantee that all executive decisionmaking must comply with standards that assure error-free determinations”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Rodriguez
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.