Sutherland v. McCall’s Empirical Analysis
709 F.2d 730 · 1983
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 32 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Vargas v. United States Parole Commission (1988), Heath v. United States Parole Commission (1986)
24 federal appellate · 32 district · 4 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 28 U.S.C. § 294
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Moody v. Daggett · Harris v. Day · Goodman v. Keohane
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`was both unreasonable and prejudicial.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“... If a legal remedy is necessary in the absence of good faith effort on the part of the Commission, the remedy available to the prisoner or the parolee is to compel the decision, not release from custody. 122 Cong.Rec. S 2572, 2573 (daily ed. March 2, 1976) (remarks of Sen. Bur-dick). ... If the Commission fails to act in accordance with these deadlines, the ... parolee would not be automatically released ... but he could compel the Commission to make their decision promptly____ If for some reason they were unable to meet a time deadline, the ... parolee could solicit the assistance of the court under ... section 28 U.S.C. 1361.... 122 Cong.Rec. H 1499, 1500 (daily ed. March 3, 1976) (remarks of Rep. Kastenmeir).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the appropriate remedy for a delayed parole revocation hearing [under 18 U.S.C. § 4214 (c) ] 'is a writ of mandamus to compel the Commission's compliance with the statute[,] not a writ of habeas corpus to compel release on parole or to extinguish the remainder of the sentence'”
1 later decision 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.