Bryans v. Blackwell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

70 federal appellate · 1 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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Wherever it is possible, as a matter of mechanical calculation, that credit could have been given, we will conclusively presume it was given.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ballard v. United States · Landman v. N Mitchell

2. “The Court in Bryans v. Blackwell, 387 F.2d 764, 768 (5th Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 391 U.S. 907 , 88 S.Ct. 1658 , 20 L.Ed.2d 421 (1968), noted: “[T]he 1960 Amendment required as to sentences imposed under the mandatory minimum requirements, that credit be given ‘towards service of his sentence for any days spent in custody prior to the imposition of sentence hy the sentencing court for want of hail set for the offense under which sentence was imposed * » [Emphasis added.] The more recent amendment is broader in that it provides for the giving of credit for all pre-sentence custody and not merely custody for want of bail.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 299 F. Supp. 689 - Gilbert v. United States

3. ““We agree with the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the Dunn case and the District of Columbia Circuit in the Stapf case that persons sentenced prior to September 20, 1966, who have not been given the benefit of uncounted time served must be afforded the same benefits as are given to the mandatory minimum sentence prisoners under the 1960 amendment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Landman v. Mitchell