Moss v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
886 F.2d 686 · 1989
Citation profile
85
cited by 85 later decisions
7
states following
September 2021
most recently cited
30 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably Settles v. United States Parole Commission (2005), Giarratano v. Johnson (2008)
30 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 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. § 3624 · 18 U.S.C. § 4161
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Dandridge v. Williams · Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact that some alternative means of attacking a problem suggests itself to courts is immaterial where the legislative judgment is a rational one.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. 26 Fed.r.serv.3d 447 · Richard Vanegrift Gerald Davis Fuller Donald Cottman Thornell Marshall Gerald C. Collier Angelo Carter Rodney Ballentine Dale Werdin Robert Quailes Michael Kelly Campbell Thomas Roderick Jones David N. Blades Larry Berry Bernard L. Brice Robert Leon Buckner James C. Johnson Richard Makofski Robert Germann Ralph Ashe Larry D. Johnson Robert Steele Manley Terry John J. Sawyer David Lovins Paul Warden Davis James Barkley Richard L. Fletcher James Newell Craig Simms Reginald Clay Brian Mathews Contee Hursey Maurice Yancy Alvin Thomas Bert Turner Bernard Jones Donald Rankin Cajetan Ohakwe Donald E. Waddell James Chavis Jarris Briscoe Antonio Mathews William Christopher Brown Richey Franks James B. Mills Richard Harris William Berkley Lodrick Cunningham Donyea Richards Thomas Neal Charles Robinson Joseph Batson Eric Bernadyn Zaza Campbell Charvin Wilson John Ironshell Donald Henderson Antonio Beverly Michael Gee Todd Winkler Nathaniel Issac Kenneth McNeill Phillip Bua Arnold Morris Wayne Wickes Joseph Wood Bruce Martin Bryon Jefferys Eddie Collins Theodore Richards Milton Jones Foster Covert Eli Brown Bryant Collins, and Chris Eley Herbert Niles Shawn Ogborn Mark Shelton Kevin Sullivan Nathaniel Isaac Charles Keels v. Kenneth E. Taylor Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer, and Melanie C. Pereira, Warden, Maryland Correctional Institute for Women, Robert Leon Buckner John Ironshell Richard Makofski Donald Henderson Charles Robinson Zaza Campbell Antonio Beverly Robert Germann Michael Gee Charvin Wilson Donyea Richards Ralph Ashe Robert Steele John J. Sawyer Paul Davis Bert Turner Donald Rankin Donald E. Waddell Jarris Briscoe William Christopher Brown Ricky Franks Richard Harris Lodrick Cunningham Larry E. Johnson Manley Terry David Lovins James Barkley Bernard Jones Cajetan Ohakwe James Chavis Antonio Mathews Nathaniel Issac James B. Mills William Berkley Kenneth McNeill Arnold Morris Wayne Wickes Joseph Wood Bruce Martin Bryon Jefferys Eddie Collins Theodore Richards Milton Jones Foster Covert Bryant Collins Phillip Bua Joseph Batson Richard L. Fletcher James Newell Craig Simms Reginald Clay Brian Mathews Contee Hursey Maurice Yancy Alvin Thomas Eli Brown Todd Winkler Thomas Neal Eric Bernadyn v. Kenneth E. Taylor Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer Melanie C. Pereira, Althea Brown v. Patricia Provenza: Amy Bolte Gracie Davis Eolin Beane, Kenneth E. Taylor Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer, Christian Bowie Candice Sutton Doris Harrison Jean Bundons Patricia Clee Jody Boyd Donna L. White Denise W. Thomas Laschell Smith Pamela Givens Pauline Sewell Bulah Sheffield Ozelle Carter Paula Clark Hattie Hill Cynthia D. Smith Michelle Mason Jenine Baker Janet L. Mitchell Cathy Moore Marvaia Greene Wanda Conaway Deanne Lockley Jacqueline Maddox Rose Tines Sharon M. Bryant Linda James Beverly King Gloria Tippitt Rosilyn Pittman Victoria Osuagwu, and Yvonne Conway Catherine Glover Amelia O'COnis Amy Bolte Gracie Davis Carol A. Dryden Bonnie Long Susie Feaster Tonya Brown Cynthia L. Smith Donna Denson Mary P. Jefferies Kimberly Dixon Joann Reyes Wendy Richardson Gilda Cumbo Robin Stanley Lola Hicks Eoline Beane Jacqueline Carr Deborah Kennedy Harriett Carnes Kimberly Davis Miggie Shaw Cynthia McKay Kimberly Anders Lynda S. Railey Debra L. Carter Mary Wheatley Dorothy Dobson Gloria Schroll Doris McCaskill Patricia Provenza Rudera Bailey Tamala Tucker Catherine Barnett v. Kenneth E. Tayloy Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer“) criminal law by a court in the District of Columbia, imprisoned in a District correctional facility....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“there is no fundamental right to parole or to release from a sentence of incarceration that has itself been lawfully imposed,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 26 Fed.r.serv.3d 447 · Richard Vanegrift Gerald Davis Fuller Donald Cottman Thornell Marshall Gerald C. Collier Angelo Carter Rodney Ballentine Dale Werdin Robert Quailes Michael Kelly Campbell Thomas Roderick Jones David N. Blades Larry Berry Bernard L. Brice Robert Leon Buckner James C. Johnson Richard Makofski Robert Germann Ralph Ashe Larry D. Johnson Robert Steele Manley Terry John J. Sawyer David Lovins Paul Warden Davis James Barkley Richard L. Fletcher James Newell Craig Simms Reginald Clay Brian Mathews Contee Hursey Maurice Yancy Alvin Thomas Bert Turner Bernard Jones Donald Rankin Cajetan Ohakwe Donald E. Waddell James Chavis Jarris Briscoe Antonio Mathews William Christopher Brown Richey Franks James B. Mills Richard Harris William Berkley Lodrick Cunningham Donyea Richards Thomas Neal Charles Robinson Joseph Batson Eric Bernadyn Zaza Campbell Charvin Wilson John Ironshell Donald Henderson Antonio Beverly Michael Gee Todd Winkler Nathaniel Issac Kenneth McNeill Phillip Bua Arnold Morris Wayne Wickes Joseph Wood Bruce Martin Bryon Jefferys Eddie Collins Theodore Richards Milton Jones Foster Covert Eli Brown Bryant Collins, and Chris Eley Herbert Niles Shawn Ogborn Mark Shelton Kevin Sullivan Nathaniel Isaac Charles Keels v. Kenneth E. Taylor Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer, and Melanie C. Pereira, Warden, Maryland Correctional Institute for Women, Robert Leon Buckner John Ironshell Richard Makofski Donald Henderson Charles Robinson Zaza Campbell Antonio Beverly Robert Germann Michael Gee Charvin Wilson Donyea Richards Ralph Ashe Robert Steele John J. Sawyer Paul Davis Bert Turner Donald Rankin Donald E. Waddell Jarris Briscoe William Christopher Brown Ricky Franks Richard Harris Lodrick Cunningham Larry E. Johnson Manley Terry David Lovins James Barkley Bernard Jones Cajetan Ohakwe James Chavis Antonio Mathews Nathaniel Issac James B. Mills William Berkley Kenneth McNeill Arnold Morris Wayne Wickes Joseph Wood Bruce Martin Bryon Jefferys Eddie Collins Theodore Richards Milton Jones Foster Covert Bryant Collins Phillip Bua Joseph Batson Richard L. Fletcher James Newell Craig Simms Reginald Clay Brian Mathews Contee Hursey Maurice Yancy Alvin Thomas Eli Brown Todd Winkler Thomas Neal Eric Bernadyn v. Kenneth E. Taylor Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer Melanie C. Pereira, Althea Brown v. Patricia Provenza: Amy Bolte Gracie Davis Eolin Beane, Kenneth E. Taylor Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer, Christian Bowie Candice Sutton Doris Harrison Jean Bundons Patricia Clee Jody Boyd Donna L. White Denise W. Thomas Laschell Smith Pamela Givens Pauline Sewell Bulah Sheffield Ozelle Carter Paula Clark Hattie Hill Cynthia D. Smith Michelle Mason Jenine Baker Janet L. Mitchell Cathy Moore Marvaia Greene Wanda Conaway Deanne Lockley Jacqueline Maddox Rose Tines Sharon M. Bryant Linda James Beverly King Gloria Tippitt Rosilyn Pittman Victoria Osuagwu, and Yvonne Conway Catherine Glover Amelia O'COnis Amy Bolte Gracie Davis Carol A. Dryden Bonnie Long Susie Feaster Tonya Brown Cynthia L. Smith Donna Denson Mary P. Jefferies Kimberly Dixon Joann Reyes Wendy Richardson Gilda Cumbo Robin Stanley Lola Hicks Eoline Beane Jacqueline Carr Deborah Kennedy Harriett Carnes Kimberly Davis Miggie Shaw Cynthia McKay Kimberly Anders Lynda S. Railey Debra L. Carter Mary Wheatley Dorothy Dobson Gloria Schroll Doris McCaskill Patricia Provenza Rudera Bailey Tamala Tucker Catherine Barnett v. Kenneth E. Tayloy Richard A. Lanham Merry Coplin Bishop L. Robinson Melvin A. Steinberg William Donald Schaefer
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.