Moore v. Mabus’s Empirical Analysis
976 F.2d 268 · 1992
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Tabron v. Grace (1993), Anderson v. Romero (1995)
27 federal appellate · 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Neitzke v. Williams · Turner v. Safley · Wilson v. Seiter · Denton v. Hernandez · Spears v. Ol McCotter
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the type and complexity of the issues raised in the complaint are deserving of professional development, (2) the complex subject of HIV-AIDS management in a prison environment is beyond the ability of a mere prisoner to investigate adequately, (3) the scope of the questions raised and the extensive resources required to pursue properly the issues in this case far exceed the capability and resources of a prisoner, and (4) the apparently essential testimony from experts on HIV-AIDS management in the prison environment will require professional trial skills.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the identification and segregation of HIV-positive prisoners obviously serves a legitimate penological interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“district court should promptly appoint qualified counsel”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Ogbuehi
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.