Means v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Cognizant of the fact that the instant case does not concern parole revocation, we nonetheless find that the rescission of the unexecuted grant of parole inflicted such `grievous loss' on petitioner that he should have been accorded certain procedural protections prior to such rescission... . ..... "The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that probationers and parolees are entitled to due process at revocation hearings. In applying this principle as set forth in Gagnon v. Scarpelli, supra [ 411 U.S. 778 , 93 S.Ct. 1756 , 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973)], and Morrissey v. Brewer, supra , there is no difference relevant to the guarantee of due process between a revocation of parole and a rescission of parole. In the case sub judice, the Parole and Probation Commission acted without giving petitioner notice or a hearing by which he could have conveyed an excuse or an instance of mitigation which may have affected the decision for rescission."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 So. 2d 366 - Demar v. Wainwright

2. “Cognizant of the fact that the instant case does not concern parole revocation, we nonetheless find that the rescission of the unexecuted grant of parole inflicted such `grievous loss' on petitioner that he should have been accorded certain procedural protections prior to such rescission... . .....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 So. 2d 366 - Demar v. Wainwright