Ford v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
October 1994
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Swain v. State of Alabama · Taylor v. Louisiana · James v. Kentucky · Gamble v. State
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Prosecutor has over a long period of time excluded members of the black race from being allowed to serve on the Jury where the issues to be tried involve members of the opposite race.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ford v. Georgia“It is anticipated that the Prosecutor will continue his long pattern of racial discrimination in the exercise of his peremptory strikes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ford v. Georgia“its peremptory challenges in a racially biased manner that would exclude members of the black race from serving on the Jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ford v. Georgia
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.