Hanks v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1979
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · 351 F. Supp. 1306 - Rankin v. Wainwright · Morgan v. Cook
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) If a prisoner is convicted of escape, or if the clemency or parole granted to him is revoked, the Department of Offender Rehabilitation may, without notice or hearing, declare a forfeiture of all gain-time earned and extra gain-time allowed such prisoner, if any, prior to such escape or his release under such clemency or parole, as the case may be.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Wainwright
How this case has been treated — in progress
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