Bergen v. Spaulding’s Empirical Analysis
881 F.2d 719 · 1989
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably 117 Wash. 2d 175 - In the Matter of Personal Restraint of Powell (2004), Young v. Kenny (1989)
30 federal appellate · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Board of Pardons v. Allen · Wainwright v. Goode · McFarland v. Cassady
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There is no constitutional or inherent right of a convicted person to be conditionally released before the expiration of a valid sentence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nevertheless, early release statutes can create a 'liberty interest protected by due process guarantees.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless in its opinion his rehabilitation has been complete and he is a fit subject for release.”
2 later decisions 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.