David Ali v. Nathaniel Quarterman

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming district court grant of preliminary injunction for claim brought under RLUIPA and permitting inmate’s request for a fist length beard not to exceed four inches
• explaining that “fist-length” is four inches
• “ ‘[C]ost reduction, as a general matter, is unquestionably a compelling interest of TDCJ.’ ”
• “[A] complete exemption in order to wear head hair unshorn, [] raises factual issues that are distinct from a request for a beard that is four-inches.”
• “In determining whether a cost is compelling, a court may need to Bput th[e] amount in perspective’ by measuring the projected expense against the resources devoted to that interest.” (alteration in original
• invoking clear‐error standard in RLUIPA context

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Teddy Davis v. Billy Pierce
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-06-14· cited 38×
• Taylor-Travis v. Jackson State Univ
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-01-06· cited 23×
• Christopher Ware v. Louisiana Department of Corr
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-07-28· cited 17×
• George Tucker, II v. Bryan Collier, Executive Dir.
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-10-03· cited 8×
• Dockery v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-08-05· cited 8×
• Lozano v. Collier
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-04-11· cited 5×
• United States v. Comrie
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-11-16· cited 3×
• Cole v. Collier
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-09-11· cited 1×
• United States v. Leighton Comrie
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-11-16
• Christopher Ware v. Louisiana Department of Corr
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-08-17
• United States v. Brian Broadfield
  Seventh Circuit· 2026-06-22

Cites

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

• Procunier v. Martinez
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-29· cited 2,649×
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-22· cited 958×
• Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União Do Vegetal
  Supreme Court· 2006-02-21· cited 713×
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-29· cited 419×
• Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-06-30· cited 360×
• Holt v. Hobbs
  Supreme Court· 2015-01-20· cited 344×
• Baranowski v. Hart
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-05-07· cited 333×
• Yellowbear v. Lampert
  Tenth Circuit· 2014-01-23· cited 101×
• Moussazadeh v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-12-21· cited 99×
• David Schlemm v. Matthew Frank
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-04-21· cited 97×
• Guzman v. Hacienda Records & Recording Studio, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-12-14· cited 96×
• Diaz v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-05-22· cited 84×
• Longoria v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-11-09· cited 80×
• Grilletta v. Lexington Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-01-08· cited 43×
• Lee Cantwell v. Leisa Sterling
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-06-11· cited 42×
• Ricky Knight v. Leslie Thompson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-08-05· cited 38×
• Samantha Price, Etc., Brandon McMurthy Etc. v. Austin Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-10-17· cited 37×
• Anderson v. School Board of Madison County
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-02-11· cited 34×
• Willie Garner v. Paul Morales
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-04-02· cited 33×
• League of United Latin American Citizens 4552 v. Roscoe Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-09-22· cited 26×