In Re Ecklund’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · California v. Byers · Reina v. United States · 114 Wash. 2d 802 - In Re the Personal Restraint of Cook · United States v. State of Louisiana Earl Benjamin Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board Harry K. Williams v. Jimmie H. Davis
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the indeterminate sentence review board shall give public safety considerations the highest priority when making all discretionary decisions on the remaining indeterminate population regarding the ability for parole, parole release, and conditions of parole.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“give public safety considerations the highest priority when making all discretionary decisions on the remaining indeterminate population regarding the ability for parole, parole release, and conditions of parole.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`subject entirely to the discretion of the Board, which may parole him now or never.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Dyer · In Re Marler
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.