Steele v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
362 F.2d 536 · 1966
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1968
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5179
Relies on Sanders v. United States · Hilliard v. United States · Jones v. United States · Randall v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“An applicant for relief under § 2255 < * * ⅜ not i,e ile]<3 to the niceties of lawyers’ pleadings or be cursorily dismissed because his claim seems unlikely to prove meritorious.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Knaub v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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