Luther v. Molina’s Empirical Analysis
627 F.2d 71 · 1980
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably Wallace v. Christensen (1986), Ellis v. District of Columbia (1996)
26 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4201 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 5 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Abney v. United States · Johnson v. Avery
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“capable of repetition, yet evading review”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Actions of the Commission pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4203(b) shall be considered actions committed to agency discretion for purposes of section 701(a)(2) of Title 5, United States Code. Section 4203(b)(3) provides in part: The Commission ... shall have the power to sfc * # * (3) modify or revoke an order paroling any eligible prisoner.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]t is apparent that Congress intended to give the Parole Commission great latitude in making decisions relative to [parole] revocation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.