Parker v. Carpenter’s Empirical Analysis
978 F.3d 190 · 1992
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss. (1994), Morris v. Powell (2006)
11 federal appellate ·
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 Bell v. Wolfish · Daniels v. Williams · Neitzke v. Williams · Whitley v. Albers · 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has plead that his transfer to the violent inmate section was an act of punishment which is a legal claim cognizable under a 1983 claim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reasonably related to a legitimate governmental objective.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. the type and complexity of the case; 2. the petitioner’s ability to present and investigate his case; 3. the presence of evidence which largely consists of conflicting testimony so as to require skill in presentation of evidence and in cross-examination; and 4. the likelihood that appointment will benefit the petitioner, the court, and the defendants by shortening the trial and assisting in just determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Naranjo v. Thompson
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.