Boudin v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the EAJA was passed partly to encourage challenges to improper actions by the government
• law on issue in question was not clear at time of suit; government’s position was reasonable
• “[H]abeas is the appropriate action to challenge conditions of confinement where the prisoner seeks to be moved in order to remedy past constitutional violations.”
• “[H]abeas is the appropriate action to challenge conditions of confinement where the prisoner seeks to be moved in order to remedy past constitutional violations.”
• “The EAJA was passed partly to encourage challenges to improper actions by government agencies. The drafters perceived legal actions as helping to formulate public policy.” (citations omitted)
• “The EAJA was passed partly to encourage challenges to improper actions by government agencies. The drafters perceived legal actions as helping to formulate public policy.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pierce v. Underwood
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 6,197×
• Vacchio v. Ashcroft
  Second Circuit· 2005-04-18· cited 52×
• Correa v. Heckler
  S.D. New York· 1984-05-01· cited 21×
• Jose Obando-Segura v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-05-28· cited 21×
• Laurence G. Russell, William L. Hanna and Eddie D. Langwell v. National Mediation Board
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-06-28· cited 14×
• Soto-Valentin v. Heckler
  E.D. New York· 1985-09-27· cited 5×
• Tavarez v. Heckler
  S.D. New York· 1985-06-14· cited 4×
• Hitkansut LLC v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2020-05-01· cited 4×
• Gonzalez v. Bowen
  S.D. New York· 1986-12-23· cited 3×
• Naddi v. D.R. Hill
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-01-15· cited 1×
• Zayas v. Heckler
  S.D. New York· 1984-04-26· cited 1×
• United States v. Douglas
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-06-21
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Lincolnwood, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1984-06-19
• Tirado v. Bowen
  S.D. New York· 1988-08-08
• Adolph Michelin v. Warden Moshannon Valley Correctional Center
  Third Circuit· 2026-03-02

Cites

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

• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• Preiser v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-07· cited 9,100×
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
• United States v. Testan
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-03· cited 3,918×
• Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 3,383×
• Price v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-24· cited 1,320×
• Harris v. Nelson
  Supreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 955×
• Hanrahan v. Hampton
  Supreme Court· 1980-08-11· cited 952×
• Ramos v. Lamm
  Tenth Circuit· 1980-09-25· cited 908×
• M/G Transport Services, Inc. v. Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-06· cited 302×
• Stanley Spencer v. National Labor Relations Board
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-06-28· cited 275×
• Louis Wolfish v. Honorable Edward Levi
  Second Circuit· 1978-01-24· cited 227×
• Schlanger v. Seamans
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-17· cited 214×
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Intervenors
  Third Circuit· 1983-05-27· cited 176×
• BROAD AVENUE LAUNDRY AND TAILORING, Petitioner, v. the UNITED STATES, Respondent
  Federal Circuit· 1982-11-29· cited 171×
• Ex Parte Tom Tong
  Supreme Court· 1883-05-07· cited 168×
• Jackson v. Carlson
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-05-12· cited 132×
• Rawlings v. Heckler
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-02-13· cited 116×
• John Oguachuba v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Dale Thomas, Warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Center
  Second Circuit· 1983-04-22· cited 112×
• Tyler Business Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-11-24· cited 100×