Williams v. Missouri Board of Probation’s Empirical Analysis
661 F.2d 697 · 1981
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2011 · most notably Board of Pardons v. Allen (1987), New Jersey State Parole Board v. Byrne (1983)
30 federal appellate · 10 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 Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Hardwick v. Reese · Williams v. Missouri Board of Probation & Parole · 444 F. Supp. 473 - Williams v. Missouri Board of Probation & Parole
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When in its opinion there is a reasonable probability that an inmate of a state correctional institution can be released without detriment to the community or to himself, the board may in its discretion release or parole such person.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the Missouri law providing that when the statutory and regulatory guidelines are met the inmate shall be released on parole gives rise to the same protectable entitlement as the Nebraska scheme providing that the prisoner shall be paroled unless certain findings are made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong and legitimate interests in preserving the confidentiality of sources of information * * * and in maintaining security and discipline within its institutions.”
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.