Edward Charles Curtis v. John E. Bennett, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
351 F.2d 931 · 1965
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1981
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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
Relies on Frisbie v. Collins · Application of Eugene Burwell Application of James Alonzo Rogers · Curtis v. Bennett · Pierce v. Smith
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A parole is a matter of grace, not a vested right. . . . [D]iscretion is left to the States as to the manner and terms upon which paroles may be granted and revoked. Federal due process does not require that a parole revocation be predicated upon notice and opportunity to be heard.”
3 later decisions 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.