Hicks v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis
194 F.2d 327 · 1952
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably United States of America Ex Rel. Herbert Sperling, Relator-Appellant v. Walter v. Fitzpatrick, Warden, West Street House of Detention (1970), Weathers v. Willingham (1966)
35 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 716
Relies on Story v. Rives
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That whenever, within the limitations of section 3 of this Act, it shall appear to the Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole, * * * that any prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence is fitted * * * for release, * * * said Board * * * may, in its discretion, authorize the release of such prisoner on parole, and he sjiall be allowed to go on parole * * * and to remain, while on parole, in the legal custody and under the control of the superintendent of the institution from which the prisoner may have been paroled, until the expiration of the maximum of the term or terms specified in his sentence, less such go.od-time allowance as is, or may hereinafter be, provided by law * * (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Ward““§ 4163. Discharge “A prisoner shall be released at the expiration of his term of sentence less the time deducted for good conduct. * * *” “§ 4164. Released prisoner as parolee “A prisoner having served his term or terms less good-time deductions shall, upon release, be deemed as if released on parole until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced less one hundred and eighty days. * * -X- ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Ward
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.