Skipper v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1987
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Stovall v. Denno · Palmer v. Peyton · Williams v. Peyton · Young v. Boles
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. the judgment, order, or part thereof appealed from; 2. the party or parties taking the appeal ; and 3. the court (United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit) to which the appeal is taken.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.