Moore v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate ·

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When a prisoner has been retaken upon a warrant issued by the Board of Parole, he shall be given an opportunity to appear before the Board, a member thereof, or an examiner designated by the Board. At such hearing Tie may 6e represented t>y counsel. * * * “In the event a prisoner is confined in, or as a parolee is returned to a penal or correctional institution other than a penal or correctional institution o:: the District of Columbia, the Board of Parole created by the Act of May 13, 1930 (ch. 255, 46 Stat. 272 ; 18 U.S.C. § 723a), shall have and exercise the same power and authority as the Board of Parole of the District of Columbia had the prisoner been confined in or returned to a penal or correctional institution of the District of Columbia.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Reid · Wright v. Settle

2. ““Commutation of time for good conduct, 18 U.S.C.A § 4161, and industrial good time, 18 U.S.C.A. § 4162 , are granted under the same terms and conditions, and a prisoner released on such ‘good time’ is ‘subject to all provisions of law relating to the parole of United States prisoners until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced.’ 18 U.S.C.A. § 4164 . Upon revocation of any such parole ‘The unexpired term of imprisonment of any such prisoner shall begin to run from the date he is returned to the custody of the Attorney General under said warrant, and the time the prisoner was on parole shall not diminish the time he was sentenced to serve.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 203 F. Supp. 371 - Bell v. United States

3. ““Petitioner by Ms actions prior to revocation, his contemptuous attitude, and his disregard of Ms parole officer’s supervision and the mail regulations of Atlanta Penitentiary, amply demonstrated that lie was not willing to cooperate with the parole oiiicer or to fulfill his obligations as a law-abiding citizen. Hence, the Parole Board did not act arbitrarily, but upon reasonable cause in revoking petitioner’s conditional release.” Id. at page 486.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Reid