Ruiz v. Estelle

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

• finding that violence by prison officers was routine and not restricted to dangerous situations
• acknowledging that “as long as meaningful access to the courts is guaranteed, the states are free to experiment with various means of achieving this goal”
• explaining “treatment must entail more than segregation and close supervision of the inmate patients”
• continuous course of delivery of Agent Orange constituted a single occurrence
• “The fact that unusual 8 accommodations may be necessary, in light of their special needs, to accomplish the 9 provision of minimal conditions of incarceration does not absolve prison officials of their 10 duty toward handicapped inmates.”

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Cited by

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

• Rhodes v. Chapman
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 6,761×
• Hewitt v. Helms
  Supreme Court· 1983-02-22· cited 3,877×
• Harry Franklin v. State of Oregon, State Welfare Division
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-12-07· cited 612×
• Isiah Carl Green v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-05-05· cited 608×
• Johnson v. Rodriguez
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-04-23· cited 508×
• David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-23· cited 447×
• Vasquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-15· cited 391×
• David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-06-26· cited 216×
• Gates v. Cook
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-06-28· cited 179×
• Taylor v. Freeman
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-09-09· cited 171×
• Brennan v. Stewart
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-01-07· cited 158×
• David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-01-14· cited 149×
• Nicki Arron Bonner v. Mr. Lewis, Director at Adoc Cpo Crowley Cpo Vega
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-09-13· cited 145×
• Eugene Stewart v. William Winter, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-05· cited 129×
• Alvaro L. Hernandez, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-05-09· cited 117×
• Madrid v. Gomez
  N.D. California· 1995-01-10· cited 115×
• Daryl Gillespie v. Bobby Crawford
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-11-02· cited 98×
• Maurice Gibbs v. John T. King, Secretary, Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-02· cited 96×
• Charles Smith v. Fulton Rabalais, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-15· cited 92×
• Spratt v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections
  First Circuit· 2007-04-06· cited 90×

Cites

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

• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Wolff v. McDonnell
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 12,327×
• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• Morrissey v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10,835×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Rizzo v. Goode
  Supreme Court· 1976-01-26· cited 5,802×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Bounds v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 4,812×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1943-02-01· cited 3,975×
• Procunier v. Martinez
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-29· cited 2,649×
• Hutto v. Finney
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-15· cited 2,261×
• Trop v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-31· cited 2,182×
• Vitek v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-25· cited 1,747×
• Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 1,564×
• United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy
  Supreme Court· 1954-03-15· cited 1,415×
• Johnson v. Avery
  Supreme Court· 1969-02-24· cited 1,359×
• Coker v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-29· cited 1,233×
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 871×
• Service v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-17· cited 860×

Other cases named Ruiz v. Estelle

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Ruiz v. Estelle
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-11-20· cited 89×
• Ruiz v. Estelle
  S.D. Texas· 1982-11-17· cited 15×
• Ruiz v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-21· cited 2×
• Ruiz v. Estelle
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-09-30