Charles William Caton v. P. G. Smith, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.2d 733 · 1973
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently December 1995
17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · United States v. Russell · Ng Kam Fook v. P a Esperdy · Hyser v. Reed
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Breach of parole conditions is a necessary but not sufficient ground for parole revocation, for the board is required to determine whether the violator is still a good parole risk, and he may bring extenuating circumstances to the board’s attention.” Caton v. Smith, 486 F.2d 733 , 735 (7th Cir. 1973).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless it has acted arbitrarily or capriciously or unless as a matter of law there has been no violation”
2 later decisions 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.