369 F. Supp. 1260 - Tunnell v. Wiley’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3146 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Monroe v. Pape · Irvin v. Dowd · Sheppard v. Maxwell · In re Oliver
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“OFFICIALS CITE EARLY RELEASE IN PAROLEE’S ATTACK ON TWO YOUTHS BY DORIS WILEY ****** T burned them in the eyes so they couldn’t tell the man who did this.’ ****** The crime was called ‘one of the most atrocious in the crime annals of the city by First Assistant District Attorney Richard A. Sprague. ******”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tunnell v. Wiley
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.