Tracy v. Salamack’s Empirical Analysis
572 F.2d 393 · 1978
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2007 · most notably Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex (1979), Friedl v. City of New York (2000)
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Wolff v. McDonnell · Meachum v. Fano · Moody v. Daggett · Kelly v. United States
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reviewable exercise of discretion to take place following a Wolff v. McDonnell Due Process hearing which, of course, must be accompanied by a written statement of reasons.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“regulations imposed on the (Superintendent) indicate that discretion may be exercised only within established parameters.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"[N]one of the members of the plaintiff class may be removed from the temporary release program on allegations that his participation would constitute a threat to the security of the community except upon finding, in accordance with due process, accompanied by a written statement of reasons, that such participation would constitute such a threat in the light of (a) his eligibility for parole, his past institutional record, the circumstances underlying the violent offense for which he is under sentence, and his previous temporary release record; or (b) the discovery by the defendants of new relevant facts which, although they existed at the time of the original decision, were unknown to the defendants through no fault of their own and through no lack of reasonable diligence on their part; or (c) a change of facts since the original determination permitting the inmate's participation."”
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.