Bailey v. Fulwood’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.3d 127 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Weaver v. Graham · Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife. · Alabama State Federation of Labor Local v. McAdory · Garner v. Jones · Cummings v. The State of Missouri
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as long as it 'specifies in writing those factors which it used.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whenever it shall appear to the Board of Parole that there is a reasonable probability that a prisoner will live and remain at liberty without violating the law, that his release is not incompatible with the welfare of society, and that he has served the minimum sentence imposed or the prescribed portion of his sentence, as the case may be, the Board may authorize his release on parole upon such terms and conditions as the Board shall from time to time prescribe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“However, the [1987] Guidelines also allowed the [D.C. Parole] Board to override the point-based determination in 'unusual circumstances.' " Id. (quoting D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 28 § 204.22). In 1991, the D.C. Parole Board issued an additional "unpublished policy guideline that provided definitions of criteria, parameters, and terms used in the 1987 Guidelines.”
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.