Owens-El v. Robinson

How courts have described this case

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

• Overcrowding of the attorney-client conference room was occasional rather than constant, and mere speculation that the crowded conditions might interfere with defense preparation held insufficient to warrant judicial interference
• “Inmates have a constitutional right, protected by the First Amendment, to communicate with friends, relatives, attorneys, and public officials by means of visits, correspondence, and telephone calls.”
• inadequate bedding, clothing and toilet articles

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kost v. Kozakiewicz
  Third Circuit· 1993-07-28· cited 1,148×
• Young v. Quinlan
  Third Circuit· 1992-04-01· cited 263×
• Richard A. French v. Norman G. Owens, Richard A. French v. Norman G. Owens, United States of America, Amicus Curiae
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-02-12· cited 255×
• County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-29· cited 187×
• Commonwealth v. Cottam
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-17· cited 93×
• Coleman v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 1981-08-28· cited 67×
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Pierce
  Third Circuit· 1979-12-28· cited 58×
• Dawson v. Kendrick
  S.D. West Virginia· 1981-08-10· cited 51×
• Wilfred Roy French v. Fred A. Butterworth
  First Circuit· 1980-01-31· cited 44×
• Hutchings v. Corum
  W.D. Missouri· 1980-06-27· cited 33×
• Owens-El v. Robinson
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-10-11· cited 32×
• Carty v. Farrelly
  Virgin Islands· 1997-01-30· cited 30×
• Valentine v. Englehardt
  D. New Jersey· 1979-07-18· cited 28×
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-05-25· cited 25×
• Stewart v. Rhodes
  S.D. Ohio· 1979-07-13· cited 23×
• Kenneth Owens-El and Inmates and Future Residents of Allegheny County Jail v. Warden William Robinson and James Jennings Appeal of Kenneth Owens-El
  Third Circuit· 1982-12-09· cited 19×
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Peirce
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-04-17· cited 19×
• State Ex Rel. Harper v. Zegeer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-07-15· cited 15×
• Edward M. v. O'Neill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-16· cited 14×
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-10-20· cited 14×

Cites

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

• Wolff v. McDonnell
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 12,327×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Bounds v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 4,812×
• Procunier v. Martinez
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-29· cited 2,649×
• Pell v. Procunier
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-24· cited 2,527×
• Trop v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-31· cited 2,182×
• Baxter v. Palmigiano
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-20· cited 2,133×
• Jackson v. Bishop
  Eighth Circuit· 1968-12-09· cited 392×
• 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×
• Newman v. Alabama
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-09-16· cited 195×
• Henry Howell v. Cataldi
  Third Circuit· 1972-06-26· cited 179×
• Charles Jones v. William Metzger, Homer Roberts
  Sixth Circuit· 1972-03-14· cited 144×
• Rhem v. Malcolm
  S.D. New York· 1974-01-07· cited 126×
• Perrello v. Disciplinary Commission of the Indiana Supreme Court
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 118×
• Rhem v. Malcolm
  Second Circuit· 1974-11-08· cited 117×
• Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction
  Eighth Circuit· 1974-10-10· cited 115×
• Fred A. Cruz, Etc. v. W. B. (Bill) Hauck
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-06-30· cited 112×
• Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt
  D. Massachusetts· 1973-07-06· cited 104×
• Palmigiano v. Travisono
  D. Rhode Island· 1970-08-24· cited 101×

Other cases named Owens-El v. Robinson

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Owens-El v. Robinson
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-10-11· cited 32×
• Owens-El v. Robinson
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-10-16· cited 9×