Favre v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Fay v. Noia · Pointer v. Texas · Brown v. Allen · California v. Green
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the right of confrontation * * * an essential and fundamental requirement for the kind of fair trial which is this country's constitutional goal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Favre v. Henderson“Q. Had the information which you had previously received from these informants been reliable? 35”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Favre v. Henderson“the information which [he] had previously received from these informants [had] been reliable;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Favre v. Henderson
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.