Waley v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
316 U.S. 101 · 1942
Citation profile
457 federal appellate · 54 district · 217 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,028 later decisions (121 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably Boykin v. Alabama (1969), Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
457 federal appellate · 54 district · 217 state decisions — followed in 34 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
reviewedWaley v. Johnston (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Mooney v. Holohan · Bram v. United States · Chambers v. Florida · Walker v. Johnston
Cited together with Walker v. Johnston · Johnson v. Zerbst · MacHibroda v. United States · Kercheval v. United States · Townsend v. Sain
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 1,028 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“extends also to those exceptional cases where the conviction has been in disregard of the constitutional rights of the accused, and where the writ is the only effective means of preserving his rights.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. House v. Mayo · Kuhlmann v. Wilson“The facts relied on are dehors the record and their effect on the judgment was not open to consideration and review on appeal. In such circumstances the use of the writ in the federal courts to test the constitutional validity of a conviction for crime ... extends ... to those exceptional cases where the conviction has been in disregard of the constitutional rights of the accused, and where the writ is the only effective means of preserving his rights.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““For a conviction on a plea of guilty coerced by a federal law enforcement officer is no more consistent with due process than a conviction supported by a coerced confession.” 62 S.Ct. at 966 .”
2 later decisions 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.