Kimberlin v. White’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 5 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · Goldstein v. Garrity · Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · Wallace v. Christensen
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he undisputed fact is that the Commission on remand reduced [Kimberlin's] presumptive parole release date by 4 years. Earlier the Commission had decided that [Kimberlin] must serve 228 months before parole; now it finds that he must serve only 180 months. It is difficult to overcome the conclusions that this simple arithmetic demands.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kimberlin v. White“After review of all relevant factors and information presented, a decision above the guidelines appears warranted because your offense behavior involved the following aggravating factors: You were involved in multiple bombings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kimberlin v. White
How this case has been treated — in progress
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