O'Beirne v. Overholser’s Empirical Analysis
287 F.2d 133 · 1960
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently February 2008 · most notably Cameron v. Mullen (1967), Overholser v. Lynch (1961)
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 Anonymous Nos. 16 & 17 v. Arkwright · International Workers Order, Inc. v. New York ex rel. Bohlinger · Ragsdale v. Overholser · Barry v. Hall · Overholser v. Leach
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A person committed to St. Elizabeth's under § 24-301 after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity] is not a `prisoner'; he is not under `sentence.' * * * He is an `accused person confined to a hospital for the mentally ill,' to quote the words of the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Overholser v. Lynch“Habeas corpus is the traditional means of seeking release from illegal confinement. It is the normal means in this jurisdiction of testing the legality of detention in a mental hospital, whether based on civil or criminal proceedings.”
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.