Zerbst v. Kidwell’s Empirical Analysis
304 U.S. 359 · 1938
Citation profile
420 federal appellate · 37 district · 97 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 685 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2017 · most notably Mistretta v. United States (1989), Korematsu v. United States (1943)
420 federal appellate · 37 district · 97 state decisions — followed in 23 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedZerbst v. Kidwell (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Corall · United States v. Murray · United States ex rel. Demarois v. Farrell · Coleman v. Miller
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 685 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a parole violator can be required to serve some time in prison in addition to that imposed for an offense committed while on parole.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A prisoner retaken upon a warrant issued by the Board of Parole, shall be given an opportunity to appear before the Board, a member thereof, or an examiner designated by the Board.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moore v. Reid
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.