Young v. Weston’s Empirical Analysis
176 F.3d 1196 · 1999
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Townsend v. Sain · Gerstein v. Pugh · Sandstrom v. Montana · Picard v. Connor
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In cases considering the question whether confinement is criminal or civil, the Supreme Court has always looked to the actual conditions of confinement.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[I]f Young's confinement pursuant to the Washington statute is punitive, then the statute, as applied to Young, violates the ex post facto and double jeopardy clauses of the United States Constitution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We hold that Young alleged facts which, if proved, would establish the punitive nature of his confinement and would entitle him to relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.