Thompson v. Cockrell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a Texas state prisoner had a liberty interest in the calendar time following his erroneous release
• holding that the Clause does not create a liberty interest in calendar-time credit
• finding that then-existing-Texas law created a liberty interest in receiving credit for time spent erroneously at liberty
• superseded by statute as stated in Rhodes v. Thaler, 713 F.3d 264 (5th Cir. 2013)
• “[T]he Due Process Clause does not by itself prohibit states from denying prisoners calendar time after an erroneous release.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vega v. United States
  Third Circuit· 2007-07-11· cited 189×
• Evans v. Frakes
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-04-01· cited 63×
• Anderson v. Houston
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2008-02-01· cited 55×
• Pittman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-01-08· cited 38×
• Michael Brett Leggett v. L.E. Fleming, Warden, Federal Medical Center-Fort Worth
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-03· cited 18×
• Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Rick Thaler, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-04-03· cited 11×
• Commitment of Fisher v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-12-18· cited 11×
• Hurd v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2015-11-19· cited 6×
• Sanchez v. Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
  D. New Hampshire· 2004-08-09· cited 3×
• Leggett v. Fleming
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-17
• Scott, Gery Lee
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-01-05
• Sanchez v. Warden, NHSP
  D. New Hampshire· 2004-08-09

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wolff v. McDonnell
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 12,327×
• Sandin v. Conner
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 9,097×
• Estelle v. McGuire
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-04· cited 8,719×
• Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-17· cited 4,010×
• Meachum v. Fano
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-25· cited 3,743×
• Olim v. Wakinekona
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-26· cited 3,076×
• Edwards v. Balisok
  Supreme Court· 1997-05-19· cited 2,485×
• Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 2,461×
• Vitek v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-25· cited 1,747×
• Washington v. Harper
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-16· cited 1,489×
• Johnson v. Rodriguez
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-04-23· cited 508×
• Malchi v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-23· cited 316×
• Madison v. Parker
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-01-31· cited 266×
• Hallmark v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-07-25· cited 179×
• Beazley v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-09· cited 166×
• Bulger v. United States Bureau of Prisons
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-09-26· cited 116×
• Ex Parte Canada
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-05-11· cited 111×
• Thomas J. Piper, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-27· cited 75×
• Hudson v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-15· cited 48×
• Ex Parte Esquivel
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-01-07· cited 32×

Other cases named Thompson v. Cockrell

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Thompson v. Cockrell
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-28
• Thompson v. Cockrell
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-28
• Thompson v. Cockrell
  Supreme Court· 2001-10-01