Snead v. Smyth’s Empirical Analysis
273 F.2d 838 · 1959
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 14 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Baxter v. Rose (1975), Root v. Cunningham (1965)
33 federal appellate · 14 district · 11 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
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Bridges v. Wixon · United States Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration at Port of New York · Eagles Nj v. United States · Achilli 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * it is generally held that mere mistakes or errors of counsel are not sufficient to establish a violation of the defendant’s constitutional right. It is only in such extreme instances where the representation has been so inadequate as to make a farce of the trial that it can be said that the prisoner was deprived of his constitutional rights.””
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is elementary that habeas corpus may not be used as a writ of error. Tisi v. Tod, 264 U.S. 131 [ 44 S.Ct. 260 , 68 L.Ed. 590 ]; Woolsey v. Best, 299 U.S. 1 [ 57 S.Ct. 2 , 81 L.Ed. 3 ]. The function of habeas corpus is exhausted when it is ascertained that the agency under whose order the petitioner is being held had jurisdiction to act. If the writ is to issue, mere error in the proceeding which resulted in the detention is not sufficient. Tisi v. Tod, supra. Deprivation of petitioner of basic and fundamental procedural safeguards, an assertion of power to act beyond the authority granted the agency, and action without evidence to support its order, are familiar examples of the showing which is necessary. See Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458 [ 58 S.Ct. 1019 , 82 L.Ed. 1461 ]; Bridges v. Wixon, 326 U.S. 135, 149 [ 65 S.Ct. 1443 , 89 L.Ed. 2103 ], But it is not enough to show that the decision was wrong, Tisi v. Tod, supra, or that incompetent evidence was admitted and considered. [United States ex rel.] Vajtauer v. Commissioner, 273 U.S. 103 [ 47 S.Ct. 302 , 71 L.Ed. 560 ], If it cannot be said that there were procedural irregularities of such a nature or magnitude as to render the hearing unfair, Bridges v. Wixon, supra, [326 U.S.] p. 156 [65 S.Ct. p. 1453], or that there was no evidence to support the order, [United States ex rel.]. Vajtauer v. Commissioner, supra, the inquiry is at an end.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . that the indictment is insufficient and void because the property is merely described as personal property of the value of more than $50 of the goods and chattels of Lloyd G. K. Carr without more particular description or identification of the goods.” 3 Id. at 840 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.