Madison v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 state decisions

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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “disciplinary actions in which prospective good time is forfeited,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 828 So. 2d 1226 - Carter v. Cain · 923 So. 2d 812 - Gray v. State

2. “a petition in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 843 So. 2d 413 - Bernard v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY · 886 So. 2d 455 - Ferrington v. Louisiana Bd. of Parole

3. “Parole is an administrative device for the rehabilitation of prisoners under supervised freedom from actual restraint, and the granting, conditions, or revocation of parole rest in the discretion of the Board of Parole. No prisoner or parolee shall have a right of appeal from a decision of the board regarding ... the revocation or reconsideration of revocation of parole, except for the denial of a revocation hearing under R.S. 15:574.9. [3] [Footnote added.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 991 So. 2d 1120 - Leach v. Louisiana Parole Bd.