Costello v. Wainwright

How courts have described this case

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

• ordering release of convicted prisoners to bring state prison system down to capacity levels

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rhodes v. Chapman
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 6,761×
• Leonard Campbell v. Anderson McGruder Superintendent, Detention Services, (Two Cases)
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-03-30· cited 128×
• Inmates of Occoquan, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Marion S. Barry, Mayor, (Two Cases)
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-04-12· cited 83×
• Chapman v. Rhodes
  S.D. Ohio· 1977-06-29· cited 50×
• Billy Hite, and Bobby Sessions, Thomas E. Jones v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner, J. L. Harvey, Warden of Kirkland Correctional Institution
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-10-25· cited 41×
• Crain v. Bordenkircher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-27· cited 40×
• Gomez v. Singletary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-12-24· cited 33×
• Capps v. Atiyeh
  D. Oregon· 1980-08-22· cited 26×
• Kane v. Winn
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-05-27· cited 25×
• Costello v. Wainwright
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-09-27· cited 19×
• Nelson v. Collins
  D. Maryland· 1978-05-17· cited 18×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Louisiana Tax Commission
  M.D. Louisiana· 1980-08-29· cited 18×
• Cooper v. Morin
  New York Supreme Court· 1977-08-05· cited 17×
• Hoffer v. Jones
  N.D. Florida· 2017-11-17· cited 17×
• Inmates, D. C. Jail v. Jackson
  District of Columbia· 1976-05-24· cited 16×
• Hoffer v. Inch
  N.D. Florida· 2019-04-18· cited 16×
• Nadeau v. Helgemoe
  D. New Hampshire· 1976-12-06· cited 15×
• Graham v. Vann
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-02-13· cited 5×
• Young v. Walker
  M.D. Florida· 1977-07-21· cited 2×
• Wyatt v. Ireland
  M.D. Alabama· 1981-03-25· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Robinson v. California
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 2,369×
• Trop v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-31· cited 2,182×
• Lee v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-11· cited 380×
• Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-09-20· cited 349×
• Robert Fitzke and Joy Fitzke v. Barry Shappell, Deputy Sheriff, and Elwin Smith, Sheriff, of Eaton County, Michigan, Jointly and Severally
  Sixth Circuit· 1972-10-03· cited 202×
• Carl C. Coppinger v. Gene Townsend, M.D., and Wayne K. Patterson
  Tenth Circuit· 1968-07-24· cited 186×
• Washington v. Lee
  M.D. Alabama· 1966-12-12· cited 158×
• Coffin v. Reichard
  Sixth Circuit· 1944-07-03· cited 154×
• Herman Jackson, Jr. v. James B. Godwin, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-07-23· cited 143×
• N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, United States of America, Amicus Curiae
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-01-10· cited 139×
• Rhem v. Malcolm
  S.D. New York· 1974-01-07· cited 126×
• Louis Martinez v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica Prison, Dr. Williams, Dr. Stamburg, and Nurse Hoffman, Attica Prison
  Second Circuit· 1970-10-08· cited 114×
• Coy Ray Campbell v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director of the Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-04-18· cited 110×
• Gates v. Collier
  N.D. Mississippi· 1972-10-20· cited 106×
• A. D. Granville v. W. B. Hunt
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-05-19· cited 105×
• Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt
  D. Massachusetts· 1973-07-06· cited 104×
• Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Thomas S. Eisenstadt, Etc., Frank A. Hall
  First Circuit· 1974-04-08· cited 99×
• Battle v. Anderson
  E.D. Oklahoma· 1974-05-30· cited 79×
• Clarence R. Edwards v. John B. Duncan, D.C. Commissioner
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-02-02· cited 67×
• Elizabeth Ann Duke v. The State of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-06-19· cited 54×