Hoitt v. Vitek’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 12 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2003 · most notably Montanye v. Haymes (1976), Boston Chapter, N.A.A.C.P., Inc. v. Beecher (1974)
30 federal appellate · 12 district · 7 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4082 · 18 U.S.C. § 5003 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Furman v. Georgia · Boddie v. Connecticut · Trop v. Dulles · Lanza v. State of New York
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Defendants are enjoined from the involuntary transfer of any Rhode Island male prisoner, incarcerated pursuant to a judgment of conviction by Rhode Island, courts, to a state or federal prison in another state, unless: A.Prior to transfer (absent an emergency situation or compelling state interest), the inmate is given written notice of the charge or reasons for transfer; this charge or reason is investigated and reviewed .by a superior officer; a hearing on the question of transfer is held before an impartial board; administrative review of the charge is available; and a record of the proceeding is kept. At the hearing the inmate must be read the charge and given the opportunity to respond, which opportunity shall include the right to call and examine witnesses and to have the assistance of a lay advocate. The decision to transfer must be based on substantial evidence. In the event of an emergency situation resulting in transfer, the inmate must be returned to Rhode Island for the hearing and procedures outline [d] above soon after the emergency has subsided; and B. Periodic review is made of the status of the transferred inmate and whether he should be returned to Rhode Island. The Court suggests review every three months; and C. Written regulations are promulgated which guarantee: a) the return of a transferred inmate to Rhode Island for all hearings before the parole board which will consider the subject of his parole; b) the return of a - transferred inmate to Rhode Isl”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Croom v. Manson“The evidence also shows that transfer radically transforms an inmate's life. Involuntary out-of-state transfer subjects an inmate to several severe deprivations. He is effectively cut off from his family and friends. His work, job training, and educational and rehabilitative programs are interrupted. Transfer seriously burdens an inmate's access to counsel and the courts and impairs his parole chances. Psychiatric and medical treatment may be tern- porarily curtailed. A transferee is generally branded a troublemaker and treated as such without being given an opportunity to defend himself and refute such a "reputation." Furthermore, the psychological effect of involuntary interstate transfer is damaging to the inmate and impede [s] any effort to rehabilitate him. In no case is there evidence that transfer enhanced an inmate's prospects of rehabilitation.”
1 later decision 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.