Gibson v. Markley’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 1001
Relies on Rodriguez v. New York · United States v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. · Patterson v. Medberry · Compagna v. Hiatt · Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * We think the practice is right because this matter of whether a prisoner is a good risk for release on parole or has shown himself not to be a good risk, is a disciplinary matter which, by its very nature should be left in the hands of those charged with the responsibility for deciding the question. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Robinson v. Cox
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.