Stow v. Grimaldi’s Empirical Analysis
993 F.2d 1002 · 1993
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1232G (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on Procunier v. Martinez · Thornburgh v. Abbott · Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Pemberton · Nagac v. Derwinski · Leo F. Feeley, IV v. George Sampson, Etc.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is well established that prisons have sound reasons for reading the outgoing mail of their inmates”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gassler
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.