Morgan v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Glasser v. United States · Johnson v. Zerbst · Townsend v. Sain · Fay v. Noia
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.
“That the signing and furnishing of this letter obligates me to the terms and conditions of the enclosed ‘Application for Performance and Payment Bonds and Indemnity Agreement’ on Form No. 1 just as though I were named as one of the applicants therein and my signature were duly affixed thereto.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morgan v. Thomas“* * * applicants and any of them will furnish to sureties upon request and at such reasonable intervals of time as sureties may designate, financial statements showing the current financial position of the applicant of whom such request or statement is made. 1”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morgan v. Thomas“In any event, if the Court is mistaken in this regard, it is perfectly clear that the financial statement must be furnished, and that petitioner’s refusal to furnish it herein justifies his adjudication of civil contempt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morgan v. Thomas
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.