Ball v. LeBlanc’s Empirical Analysis
881 F.3d 346 · 2018
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Rhodes v. Chapman · Hudson v. McMillian · Trop v. Dulles · Helling v. McKinney
Most-quoted passages
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“implement both the letter and the spirit of the appellate court's mandate and ... not disregard the explicit directives of that court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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