Born v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Addington v. Texas · Spencer v. Kemna · Maleng v. Cook
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“do not state the present function of the writ of habeas corpus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Harris v. Charles
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.