United States of America Ex Rel. Conrad A. Dancy v. Floyd E. Arnold, Warden United States Penitentiary Lewisburg, Pennsylvania’s Empirical Analysis
572 F.2d 107 · 1978
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Barrett v. United States · Cruz v. Hauck
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“classes of committed youth offenders ( ) be segregated according to their needs for treatment.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“referred only to the provision that institutions for the treatment of youth offenders should be used solely for that purpose, and not to the provision that youth offenders be segregated from adult offenders. Id. at 109 . 8 .Had he been receiving good time credits since his 1982 adult sentence, Lewis' release would be greatly accelerated. He asserts:”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any further period that may be authorized by law for the offense or offenses of which he stands convicted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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