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← 265 A.2d 90 - Higgins v. Robbins

Higgins v. Robbins’s Empirical Analysis

1970

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
November 1982
most recently cited

1 district · 12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Title v. United States · Scotten v. Littlefield · Elgin Nat. Watch Co. v. Barrett · Brown v. Commissioner of Correction · Berryhill v. United States

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party ... from a final judgment, order or proceeding, for ... any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment. 2”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. ““[fjacts within the personal knowledge of the petitioner and the authenticity of all documents and exhibits included in or attached to the petition must be sworn to affirmatively as true and correct.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. ““ ‘ . . . comprehends and takes the place of all other common law remedies . . . heretofore . . . available for challenging the validity of a conviction and sentence . . (p. 92),”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.