Freitas v. Auger’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 806 · 1988
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably Goff v. Burton (1993), Taylor v. Wallace (1991)
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
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 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Hewitt v. Helms · Superintendent Massachusetts Correctional Institution Walpole v. Hill · Paulussen v. Herion · Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Thurston
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] bald assertion by an unidentified person, without more, cannot constitute some evidence of guilt”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the oath of the investigating officer as to the truth of his report containing confidential information and his appearance before the disciplinary committee ..., (2) corroborating testimony ..., (3) a statement on the record by the chairman of the disciplinary committee that, “he had firsthand knowledge of the sources of information and considered them reliable on the basis of ‘their past record of reliability,’ ” or (4) in camera review of material documenting the investigator’s assessment of the credibility of the confidential informant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ryan v. Sargent · Baker v. Lyles“independent assessment of the credibility of witnesses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Baker v. Lyles · Goff v. Burton
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.