Howe v. Civiletti’s Empirical Analysis
625 F.2d 454 · 1980
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 5003
Relies on Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · Sisbarro v. Warden, Massachusetts State Penitentiary · Lono v. Fenton · Rebideau v. Stoneman · 483 F. Supp. 1102 - Ali v. Gibson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The Attorney General, when the Director [of the United States Bureau of Prisons] shall certify that proper and adequate treatment facilities and personnel are available, is hereby authorized to contract with the proper officials of a State or Territory for the custody, care, subsistence, education, treatment, and training of persons convicted of criminal offenses in the courts of such State or Territory: Provided , That any such contract shall provide for reimbursing the United States in full for all costs or other expenses involved. * * * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Howe v. Smith · Beshaw v. Fenton“custody, care, subsistence, education, treatment and training”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has no basis in the language of the statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Howe v. Smith · Beshaw v. Fenton
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.