Berrigan v. Sigler’s Empirical Analysis
475 F.2d 918 · 1973
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently September 2010
10 federal appellate · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · Kleindienst v. Mandel · Aptheker v. Secretary of State · Perkins v. Elg · Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Association v. Federal Power Commission
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Total lack of any means of control to effectuate the Board’s supervisory responsibilities looking to the rehabilitation of the parolees, where they would be visiting in an area where the United States has no diplomatic representative of its own or, in lieu thereof, any foreign power to represent it or its interests.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“1. You shall go directly to the district shown on this CERTIFICATE OF PAROLE (unless released to the custody of other authorities). Within three days after your arrival, you shall report to your parole adviser if you have one, and to the United States Probation Officer whose name appears on this Certificate. . * * * * * 3. You shall not leave the limits fixed by this CERTIFICATE OF PAROLE without written permission from the probation officer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Berrigan v. Sigler
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.