Hutchins v. Brogan

How courts have described this case

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

• Unless the regulation limits an official’s discretion in denying the benefit to “objective and defined” criteria, no protected interest has been created.
• restrictions on library use, and requirement of body cavity search before and after library use, justified by security and administrative concerns
• inmate has property interest in funds in his prison account
• inmate has property interest in funds in his prison account
• upholding visual body cavity searches following visits to law library

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Robert Dale Strickler v. Gary Waters, Sheriff Commonwealth of Virginia City of Portsmouth Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-03-26· cited 574×
• Robert Michenfelder v. George Sumner Lieutenant Koon C/o Horn C/o Leslie Sgt Jenae Holmes Sgt Stuffelbeam James Parker
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-10-26· cited 403×
• Continental Casualty Insurance Co. v. Functional Restoration Associates
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-07-06· cited 339×
• Casteel v. Pieschek
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-08-23· cited 327×
• Julio Giano v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Thomas Coughlin, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services
  Second Circuit· 1995-05-16· cited 273×
• Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-08-29· cited 180×
• Del Raine v. Williford
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-08-09· cited 174×
• Robert Demallory v. Timothy Cullen, Nos. 87-1492, 87-1493
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-08-23· cited 135×
• Monmouth County Correctional Institutional Inmates v. Lanzaro
  Third Circuit· 1987-11-25· cited 135×
• Daniel J. Garrity v. Patrick Fiedler
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-12-02· cited 83×
• United States v. Helen L. Lively, A/K/A Helen Flugga
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-03-28· cited 80×
• Shango v. Jurich
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-06-02· cited 76×
• United States v. Tamara Milligan (92-6654) Benny Milligan (92-6655) James McElveen (92-6666)
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-03-31· cited 61×
• United States v. Franklin Purther
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-07-15· cited 54×
• United States v. Reed
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-04-11· cited 54×
• United States v. Michael F. Logar
  Third Circuit· 1992-09-04· cited 52×
• United States v. Donna Marie Sunrhodes
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-10-20· cited 48×
• John J. Flick, Jr. v. Dudley Blevins, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-12-26· cited 47×
• United States v. Kevin Deneal Cobbs
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-08-10· cited 47×
• Smith v. Shawnee Library System
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-07-14· cited 46×