Adams v. Carlson’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently August 2007
3 federal appellate · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Haines v. Kerner · Bell v. Hood · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The inmate shall have the right to present live testimony of witnesses (both inmates and guards) relevant to his defense, subject only to the limitation that they be of a reasonable number, not to exceed four in the normal hearing. The inmate will also be allowed to present any relevant documentary or tangible evidence, affidavits, or statements which aid in his defense, and such evidence shall become part of the hearing record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has a right to notice of the charges against him 'in order to inform him of the charges and to enable him to marshal the facts and prepare a defense.' The notice should include 'the number of the rule violated and a summary of the facts underlying the charge.'”
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.