Williams v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
143 F.3d 949 · 1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2251 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on McFarland v. Scott · Maggio v. Williams · Williams v. Cain · Steffen v. Tate
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.
“[a] Justice or Judge of the United States before whom a habeas petition is pending, may . . . stay a[] proceeding against the person detained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Teague v. Johnson
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.