Ex parte Stonefield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 1 state decisions

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the case at bar the petitioner had the opportunity to present to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky his contentions that the actions of the trial judge deprived him of his constitutional rights. The way was open to him to have the entire record reviewed. The machinery was provided and existed under the laws of the State of Kentucky for having these questions presented to and passed upon by its Court of Appeals, and in the event of a decision adverse to the petitioner there was also existing the possibility of a further review by the Supreme Court of the United States. This constituted the due process of law of which petitioner now complains he was deprived. Petitioner failed to take advantage of these rights. It was his own fault that he did not have included in the record the tendered bill of exceptions. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky pointed out to him the proper way in which to secure this important part of the record on appeal, but this advice was not heeded. We do not believe that having failed to avail himself of the remedies which were open to him in the Courts of Kentucky and in the Supreme Court of the United States, that the petitioner now has any right to have the matter considered at a later date by a Federal Court, and thus require the Federal Courts to review his case instead of having it reviewed in the State Court where it originated. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stonefield v. Buchanan