Powell v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently August 1994 · most notably McKinnon v. Patterson (1977), McCann v. Coughlin (1983)
14 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Wolff v. McDonnell · Goldberg v. Kelly · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Sampson v. Murray
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Defendants shall conduct all Adjustment Committee or Superintendent’s Proceedings, or other disciplinary proceedings that may result in an inmate at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility being confined in a Special Housing Unit or Segregation Unit, in accordance with the following procedures: a) Formal written notice of charges must be served on the inmate at least 24 hours before the hearing; b) The inmate shall be permitted to call witnesses on her behalf provided that so doing does not jeopardize institutional safety or correctional goals. The written notice of charges served in accordance with Paragraph 1(a), shall inform the inmate of her right to call witnesses; c) If permission to call a witness is denied, the party conducting the hearing shall give the inmate a written statement stating the reasons for the denial, including the specific threat to institutional safety or correctional goals presented by the witness. d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the inmate shall be given a written statement of the evidence relied on and the reasons for any action taken; e) No person who has participated in any investigation of the acts complained of, or who was a witness to those acts shall be a member of any Adjustment Committee or Superintendent’s Proceeding relating to those acts; 2. If any inmate is confined to Special Housing or segregation “pending investigation” of charges, a hearing must be held within seven days of the date of her confinement. In unusual or emergency si”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Powell v. Ward“1. Defendants shall conduct all Adjustment Committee or Superintendent’s Proceedings, or other disciplinary proceedings that may result in an inmate at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility being confined in a Special Housing Unit or Segregation Unit, in accordance with the following procedures: a) Formal written notice of charges must be served on the inmate at least 24 hours before the hearing; b) The inmate shall be permitted to call witnesses on her behalf provided that so doing does not jeopardize institutional safety or correctional goals. The written notice of charges served in accordance with Paragraph 1(a), shall inform the inmate of her right to call witnesses; c) If permission to call a witness is denied, the party conducting the hearing shall give the inmate a written statement stating the reasons for the denial, including the specific threat to institutional safety or correctional goals presented by the witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(t)he Adjustment Committee Proceeding is 'said to be marked by flexibility and non-punitive intent in attempting to effectuate changes in inmate attitude,' whereas the Superintendent's Proceeding is 'solely disciplinary in nature.'”
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.