Wilson v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis
256 F.2d 536 · 1958
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently July 2004
9 federal appellate · 6 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. § 2242 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on A. Maschmeijer v. Eastern Motor Express, Inc. · 47 Cal. 2d 438 - People v. Jefferson · Gusman v. Marrero · American Motors Corporation v. City of Kenosha · United States ex rel. Bryant v. Houston
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t was not intended that the writ of habeas corpus should be availed of, as a matter of course, by intruders or uninvited meddlers, styling themselves next friends.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Application for a writ of habeas corpus shall be in writing signed and verified by the person for whose relief it is intended or by someone acting in his behalf.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Warren v. Cardwell“recognizes the right of one person to sue for habeas corpus to secure the release of another person,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Warren v. Cardwell
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.