United States v. Duffus’s Empirical Analysis
174 F.3d 333 · 1999
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 13 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2021 · most notably Mayle v. Felix (2005), Robinson v. Johnson (2002)
34 federal appellate · 13 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Jirovec v. Wood · Kapral v. United States · Burns v. Morton · 6 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1436, 1978 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 22,646 Cornell and Company, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Secretary of Labor
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“frustrated the intent of Congress that claims under 28 U.S.C. S 2255 be advanced within one year after a judgment of conviction becomes final[.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ertainly the court could have permitted an amendment to clarify a claim initially made.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served . . . . Otherwise a party may amend the party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse party; and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.