Beavers v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
April 1975
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. State · Ballard v. Smith · Wallace v. Foster · Molignaro v. Balkcom · Dutton v. Parker
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“disobedience of a respondent to a writ requiring him to answer within a stated time may subject him to punishment for contempt but it does not require release of the prisoner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bailey v. Baker
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.