Dillon v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
307 F.2d 445 · 1962
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 6 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably 3 Cal. 3d 595 - People v. West (1970), Wayne Hudson v. Kenneth L. Hardy (1968)
58 federal appellate · 6 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 14 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Williams v. People of State of New York · In the Matters of Lee Roy Murchison and John Whites · Carnley v. Cochran · MacHibroda 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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As this court has pointed out, the appointment of counsel may sometimes be mandatory even in those areas in which the Sixth Amendment does not apply. This is true when the circumstances of a defendant or the difficulties involved in presenting a particular matter are such that a fair and meaningful hearing cannot be had without the aid of counsel. Compliance with the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment then requires that counsel be appointed.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The question is how badly the prisoner needed help; the seriousness of the problem must be judged from his point of view. “That which is simple, orderly and necessary to the lawyer” as the Supreme Court has pointed out, (Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 463 , 58 S.Ct. 1019 , [1022], 82 L.Ed. 1461 [(1938)]) “to the untrained layman may appear intricate, complex and mysterious.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Grady“follow the original criminal proceedings at every stage for which counsel has been provided; they are not a part of the basic processes for determining guilt; they may be resubmitted; and they are frequently frivolous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chaney v. Lewis
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.