Lynch v. Hubbard’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3621 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Heck v. Humphrey · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The individual characteristics of the Massachusetts statutory parole scheme do not give rise to a liberty interest under Federal law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no constitutional or inherent right of a convicted person to be conditionally released before the expiration of a valid sentence”
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.