Pruitt v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
338 F.2d 859 · 1964
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 1971
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““With all due respect to the district court judge, whose patience has been sorely tried, we think this record en titles Pruitt to an evidential hearing to determine whether he has knowingly and understandingly abandoned or deliberately bypassed the state courts.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pruitt v. Peyton
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.