Cohen v. Biddle’s Empirical Analysis
12 F.2d 704 · 1926
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
February 1945
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Coy · Ex parte Parks · Goto v. Lane · Ex parte Karstendick · Howard v. United States
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court, or justice, or judge to whom such application is made shall forthwith award a writ of habeas corpus, unless it appears from the petition itself that the party is not entitled thereto. The writ shall be directed to the person in whose custody the party is detained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dorsey v. Gill
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.