Hammer v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
512 F.3d 961 · 2008
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915A
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Turner v. Safley · Pell v. Procunier · Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The American people have a right to expect that the incarceration of a convicted killer will not only remove him physically from society, but will also prevent him from further intrusion in our lives through television interviews and from using those forums to advance his agenda of violence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hammer v. Ashcroft
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.