481 F. Supp. 1157 - Pollard v. Baskerville’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Wolff v. McDonnell · Paul v. Davis · Baker v. McCollan · Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“present the voluntary testimony of witnesses, either inmates, correctional personnel or others, in his/ her own behalf ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ward v. Johnson · Ward v. Johnson“The plaintiff (in a § 1983 suit arising out of a prison inmate's disciplinary hearing before a prison panel) places undue reliance on Wolff v. McDonnell, ..., in support of his claim that he was entitled, as a matter of right, to the presence of his witnesses. In Wolff, the Supreme Court did not go so far as to set a constitutional requirement that inmates be allowed to call witnesses in his defense at his hearing. Rather, this was judged to be a matter within the discretion of prison authorities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ward v. Johnson“not have a constitutional right to have witnesses in his defense personally appear at his disciplinary hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ward v. Johnson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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