Phyle v. Duffy’s Empirical Analysis
334 U.S. 431 · 1948
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 131 later decisions (25 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2009 · most notably Ford v. Wainwright (1986), United States Smith v. Baldi (1953)
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 33 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Yick Wo v. Hopkins · Cannon v. United States · Dent v. State of West Virginia · Ng Fung Ho v. White
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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““What has been said previously indicates the gravity of the questions here raised under the due process clause as heretofore”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Solesbee v. Balkcom · In re Phyle“be tried, adjudged to punishment, or punished for a public offense while he is insane”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Solesbee v. Balkcom“fundamental principles of liberty and justice.”
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.