Richardson v. Joslin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate ·

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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where the statute grants the prison administration discretion, the government has conferred no right on the inmate. Thus, a protected liberty interest exists only when a regulation uses mandatory language to place a substantive limit on official discretion. A unilateral expecta tion of certain treatment is insufficient; a prisoner must have a legitimate claim of entitlement to it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 646 F. Supp. 2d 839 - Cross v. Berkebile

2. “... (vi) Inmates whose current offense is a felony: (A) That has as an element, the actual, attempted, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or (B) That involved the carrying, possession, or use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon ....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Handley v. Chapman