Chavez v. Sigler’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
March 1971
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Harris v. Nebraska
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he state district court was under no obligation [as a matter of state or federal decisions], to grant his request made as an absolute right to secure records of his criminal proceedings for use in collateral attack. [ 320 F.Supp. at 106 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chavez v. Sigler
How this case has been treated — in progress
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