Sisneros v. Nix

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that Abbott limited Martinez test to outgoing mail and applying Turner test to an inmate’s First Amendment free speech claim
• stating that state government’s purpose in promulgating English-only rule for written correspondence to and from inmates, which was to promote prison security, was “unquestionably legitimate”
• the fourth factor in the Turner analysis requires examination of easy alternatives for the prison to pursue
• identifying this as the third Turner factor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allah v. Poole
  W.D. New York· 2007-08-14· cited 25×
• Jose M. Ortiz v. Fort Dodge Correctional Facility Tom Connelly
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-05-25· cited 21×
• Hancock v. Thalacker
  N.D. Iowa· 1996-07-09· cited 7×
• Spruytte v. Hoffner
  W.D. Michigan· 2001-02-09· cited 2×
• Lee Moorman, Jr. v. John A. Thalacker
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-05-14· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-05-14

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Hudson v. McMillian
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-25· cited 8,199×
• Hudson v. Palmer
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-03· cited 8,014×
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• Imbler v. Pachtman
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 7,274×
• United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 7,008×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Turner v. Safley
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-01· cited 6,491×
• Elrod v. Burns
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 4,553×
• Pierson v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-11· cited 4,282×
• Meachum v. Fano
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-25· cited 3,743×
• Carey v. Piphus
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-21· cited 3,438×
• Butz v. Economou
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 3,397×
• Hunter v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 3,271×