Welch v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
20 F.3d 636 · 1994
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably National Association of Government Employees v. City Public Service Board of San Antonio Texas, National Ass'n of Government Employees v. City Public Service Board (1994)
9 federal appellate · 5 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 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Olim v. Wakinekona · Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson · Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“B. The department shall establish rules for the administration of the work release program and shall determine those inmates who may participate in the release program. Any inmate sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor shall be eligible at any time during his sentence to participate in the work release program, subject to the provisions of this Part. If any inmate violates the conditions prescribed by the department, his work release privileges may be withdrawn. Failure to report to or return from the planned employment shall be considered an escape under the provisions of R.S. 14:110. The department may approve as work release privileges, placement in universities, colleges, technical, vocational or trade schools, or in sheltered workshops or in training programs designed to improve the skills and abilities of the inmate. * * * * .(1) Any inmate who has been convicted of forcible or second degree rape ( R.S. 14:42.1 ), aggravated arson ( R.S. 14:51 ), armed robbery ( R.S. 14:64 ), attempted murder ( R.S. 14:27 and 29), or attempted armed robbery ( R.S. 14:27 and 64), shall be eligible to participate in a work release program during the last six months of his term. Any person sentenced as a habitual offender pursuant to R.S. 15:529.1 shall be eligible to participate in a work release program during the last year of his term if the offender has obtained a low-risk level designation determined by a validated risk assessment instrument approved by the secretary of the Departmen”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.