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.

• “[T]he obligation of [prison officials] to eliminate unconstitutionalities does not depend upon what the Legislature may do . . . .” (quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Anthony Swain v. Daniel Junior
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-06-15· cited 200×
• Richard B. Smith v. Sheriff Mike Sullivan, Hector Salvida Amaya v. Sheriff Mike Sullivan
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-02-14· cited 48×
• 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×
• Tokyo Gwinnett, LLC v. Gwinnett County, Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-10-11· cited 40×
• Capps v. Atiyeh
  D. Oregon· 1980-08-22· cited 26×
• Battle v. Anderson
  E.D. Oklahoma· 1978-09-11· cited 19×
• Costello v. Wainwright
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-09-27· cited 19×
• Nadeau v. Helgemoe
  D. New Hampshire· 1976-12-06· cited 15×
• Costello v. Wainwright
  M.D. Florida· 1980-02-11· cited 8×
• St. Claire v. Cuyler
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-11-29· cited 8×
• Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 7×
• Michael v. Wainwright
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-09-27· cited 1×
• Michael v. Costello v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-03-03
• State v. Owens
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-11-09

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Younger v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 1,716×
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson
  Supreme Court· 1962-02-26· cited 730×
• Phillips v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-03· cited 452×
• Jackson v. Bishop
  Eighth Circuit· 1968-12-09· cited 392×
• Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-09-20· cited 349×
• Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of Corrections
  Eighth Circuit· 1971-05-05· cited 245×
• Holt v. Sarver
  E.D. Arkansas· 1970-02-18· cited 230×
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen
  Supreme Court· 1960-03-07· cited 196×
• Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-04-26· cited 141×
• 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×
• Andrew Hawkins v. Town of Shaw, Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-01-23· cited 128×
• Wyatt v. Aderholt
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-11-08· cited 124×
• Wyatt v. Stickney
  M.D. Alabama· 1972-04-13· cited 120×
• Coy Ray Campbell v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director of the Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-04-18· cited 110×
• Hamilton v. Love
  E.D. Arkansas· 1971-06-02· cited 100×
• Query v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-01· cited 86×
• Sands v. Wainwright
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-12-26· cited 75×
• Joseph T. Rozecki, Jr. v. Charles W. Gaughan, Superintendent
  First Circuit· 1972-04-26· cited 47×
• Guajardo v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 14×