Ali v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis
572 F.2d 971 · 1978
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably Aamer v. Obama (2014), James Callwood v. Jerry Enos , Director, Bureau of Correction Chesley Roebuck, Chairman of V.I. Parole Board (2000)
8 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 451
Relies on Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky · Ahrens v. Clark · DeLyra v. United States · Willis v. Ciccone · 285 F. Supp. 585 - Konigsberg v. Ciccone
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the Attorney General [formerly the Director of Corrections] determines that detention and/or correctional facilities within the Virgin Islands are inadequate to serve the best interests of the inmate or the general welfare of the territory.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Writs of habeas corpus may be granted by the Supreme Court, any justice thereof, the District Court and any Circuit Judge within their respective jurisdictions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts constituted by chapter 5 of [Title 28].”
2 later decisions 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.