Heath v. Kiger’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3731
Relies on United States v. Vuitch · Ex parte McCardle · 302 Ill. App. 3d 438 - People v. Virgin
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] species of bail in which the defendant acknowledges personally without sureties his obligation to appear in court at the next hearing or trial date of his case.” Black’s Law Dictionary 1030 (5th ed.1979) (emphasis added). The current version of Black’s Law Dictionaiy, however, defines the term”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Heath v. Kiger
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.