Alexander v. Thornburgh

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[W]hile the question of the facial validity of a statute may be ripe for adjudication, the question of the constitutionality of the statute as applied may not be ripe.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Osterberg v. Peca
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-02-08· cited 736×
• American Library Association, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, Appellees/cross-Appellants
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-02-19· cited 88×
• Adult Video Association, Doe, Inc., Roe, Inc., Paul Poe v. William Barr, Attorney General of the United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-06-18· cited 31×
• Alexander v. Thornburgh
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-08-30· cited 17×
• United States v. Alexander
  D. Minnesota· 1990-01-24· cited 13×
• Purvis v. Hamwi
  D. Colorado· 1993-08-09· cited 9×
• State v. Holmberg
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1995-01-24· cited 8×
• Carlson v. City of Duluth
  D. Minnesota· 2013-07-18· cited 5×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-10-30· cited 4×
• Eckstein v. Cullen
  E.D. Virginia· 1992-12-15· cited 4×
• Alexander v. Meese
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-05-17· cited 1×

Cites

63 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Younger v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-22· cited 6,135×
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,797×
• Grayned v. City of Rockford
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,586×
• O'Shea v. Littleton
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-15· cited 3,578×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Hamling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-10-15· cited 2,897×
• Russello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-11-01· cited 2,703×
• Steffel v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-19· cited 2,574×
• New York v. Ferber
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
• Thornhill v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1940-04-22· cited 2,351×
• Dombrowski v. Pfister
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,255×
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-05· cited 2,028×
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson
  Supreme Court· 1931-06-01· cited 1,633×
• Freedman v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 1,485×
• Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 1,283×
• Smith v. California
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-13· cited 1,258×