Bostic v. Carlson’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.2d 1267 · 1989
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 116 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably Ramirez v. Galaza (2003), Walker v. Sumner (1994)
63 federal appellate · 3 district · 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 18 U.S.C. § 4161 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Wolff v. McDonnell · Brady v. United States · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Hewitt v. Helms
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 116 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether there is any evidence in the record that could support the conclusion reached by the disciplinary board.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the necessary discretion to keep the hearing within reasonable limits and to refuse to call witnesses that may create a risk of reprisal or undermine authority.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“expungement of a disciplinary finding from his record if expungement is likely to accelerate the prisoner's eligibility for parole.”
3 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.