United States v. Hart’s Empirical Analysis
488 F.2d 970 · 1974
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4251
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · United States v. Hollis · United States v. Phillips · Ramos v. United States
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a defendant is to get NARA rehabilitative sentencing the court must determine that he is an eligible offender and believe that he is an addict; then the court may, in its discretion, place him in the Attorney General’s custody for an examination preliminary to treatment. (Emphasis supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Following the examination provided for in section 4252, if the court determines that an eligible offender is an addict and is likely to be rehabilitated through treatment, it shall commit him to the custody of the Attorney General for treatment under this chapter ....”
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.