Smith v. Lucas’s Empirical Analysis
16 F.3d 638 · 1994
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
May 1996
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Teague v. Lane · Maynard v. Cartwright · Clemons v. Mississippi · Cree v. Goldstein · Stringer v. Black
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“have some doubt as to whether a federal court has the authority to enter”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cave v. Singletary
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.