Patterson v. Gunnell’s Empirical Analysis
753 F.2d 253 · 1985
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gilbert v. First National Bank of Jackson · Dewees v. United States · United States v. Perry · Arias v. United States Parole Commission · Bialkin v. Baer
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deprive[d] ... of a procedural protection guaranteed by the Commission's regulations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he Commission may take into account any substantial information available to it ... and any aggravating and mitigating circumstances, provided the prisoner is apprised of the information and afforded an opportunity to respond.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gambino v. Morris“notice of and an opportunity to respond to whatever aggravating circumstances the Commission proposes to rely upon to go above the correct guideline,”
1 later decision 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.