Ex Parte Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Smith · Malik v. State · Ex Parte Groves · Ex Parte Gardner · Ex Parte Banks
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Habeas corpus is an extraordinary remedy and is available only when there is no other adequate remedy at law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex Parte Graves
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.