Shelton v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
550 F.2d 98 · 1977
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jones v. Cunningham · Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky · Moody v. Daggett · Ex parte Endo · Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“per se rule that prisoners with detainers outstanding against them cannot be considered for prison release programs.”
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.