King v. Wells’s Empirical Analysis
760 F.2d 89 · 1985
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently July 2004 · most notably Forbes v. Trigg (1992), Franklin v. Aycock (1986)
40 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Morrissey v. Brewer · Wolff v. McDonnell · Butz v. Economou
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a prisoner does not.~eceive a statement of the evidence relied onif he received only a reference to an investigative report that contains statements of ten different witnesses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The purpose of a written statement is not to reconstruct in a technical or detailed fashion the incident, as the board concluded it happened, that led to the disciplinary action. Instead, the purpose of the written statement is to require that the disciplinary board make reference to the evidence it relied on and the reasons for the disciplinary action. This forces the disciplinary board to commit itself, contemporaneously with its decision, to certain evidence and reasons, and thus guarantees that the inmate is not placed at a “severe disadvantage” by being forced to explain the incident or seek redress from unconstitutional acts based on a board’s explanation that it patched together after the inmate has forwarded his claim. In this respect, the distinction between a written statement that incorporates in a report by reference and one that repeats statements from the report is inconsequential. In both cases, the board has committed itself to certain evidence, and a review based on established facts is available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We hold that written notice of the charges must be given to the disciplinary-action defendant in order to inform him of the charges and to enable him to marshal the facts and prepare a defense. At least a brief period of time after the notice, no less than 24 hours, should be allowed to the inmate to prepare for the appearance before the Adjustment Committee. We also hold that there must be a `written statement by the factfinders as to the evidence relied on and reasons' for the disciplinary actions. [citation omitted]. * * * * * We are also of the opinion that the inmate facing disciplinary proceedings should be allowed to call witnesses and present docu-mentaryevidence in his defense when permitting him to do so will not be unduly hazardous to institutional safety or corr~c-tional goals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mujihadeen v. Bass
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.