Carter v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
283 F.2d 200 · 1960
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4241 · 18 U.S.C. § 4247
Relies on Thompson v. City of Louisville · V. P. Serodino, Inc. v. United States · Bishop v. United States · Plummer v. United States · Distinti v. Cunningham
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“But the existence of these possibilities [civil commitment and transfer of the prisoner under 18 U. S.C. §§ 4241-4247] does not relieve the bench and bar of the responsibility of endeavoring to reach at the earliest possible stage — ideally prior to trial and sentence — the approach to a particular case which appears most just and appropriate, having regard to the individual's mental condition, his history, and the possibility of rehabilitating him and restoring him to usefulness in the community.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Overholser v. Lynch
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.