Nolan v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Fay v. Noia · Hall v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary · Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary · Ayers v. Davis · Nolan v. Thomas
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 prisoner in custody under sentence who claims a right to be released on the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or statutes of the Commonwealth or of the United States, or that the court imposing the sentence was without jurisdiction to do so, or that the sentence was in excess of that authorized by law or is otherwise subject to collateral attack, may file a motion at any time in the court which imposed the sentence to vacate, set aside or correct the same.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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