Harris v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis
204 F.2d 685 · 1953
Citation profile
22 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1991 · most notably Stewart v. Beto (1971), Gordon v. Willis (1980)
22 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on Darr v. Burford · Ex Parte Hawk No - on Rule to Show Cause and Return · White v. Ragen · Ex parte Farrell
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding where the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court, unless the justice or judge who rendered the order or a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of probable cause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ramsey v. Hand · Stewart v. Beto“* * * substantial showing of the denial of [a] federal right.”
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.