Davis v. Behagen’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
November 1978
most recently cited
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3182 · 28 U.S.C. § 1443
Relies on Costello v. United States · Beck v. Washington · Molinaro v. New Jersey · Roberts v. LaVallee · Ex parte 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The scheme of interstate rendition, as set forth in both the Constitution and the statutes which Congress has enacted to implement the Constitution, contemplates the prompt return of a fugitive from justice as soon as the state from which he fled demands him . . . .” Sweeney v. Woodall, 344 U.S. 86, 89-90 , 73 S.Ct. 139, 140-141 , 97 L.Ed. 114 , 118 (1952) (footnotes omitted).”
1 later decision 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.