Hilliard v. Scully’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1392 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Wolff v. McDonnell · Butz v. Economou · Bounds v. Smith · Meachum v. Fano
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 state itself has acknowledged that liberty interests are at stake with respect to the proceeding at issue. Indeed, [by enacting § 304.3] it has limited the discretion of its prison officials with respect to the commitment of inmates to involuntary protective custody in special housing units by requiring that, within 14 days of such admission, a proceeding with procedural safeguards must be conducted to determine whether there is substantial evidence that protective custody is necessary. (Citations omitted). Having conditioned such confinement on a finding that protective custody is necessary, the state cannot now properly claim that no liberty interest is at stake.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the proceeding (in that case was) not of an adversarial nature and inmates (were) severely limited in the presentation of their cases. They (were) not entitled to retained or appointed counsel, nor (were) they entitled to crossexamine witnesses against them ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ward v. Johnson“Any party may demand a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury by serving ... a demand therefor in writing ... not later than 10 days after the service of the last pleading directed to such issue.”
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.