Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Merritt W Green II’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 89 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 208 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2020 · most notably Ungar v. Sarafite (1964), Walker v. City of Birmingham (1967)
64 federal appellate · 89 state decisions — followed in 13 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 157 (§ 7 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · United States v. United Mine Workers of America · In re Oliver · Local 174 Teamsters Chaukfeurs Warehousemen Helpers of America v. Lucas Flour Company
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 208 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Due process of law ... in the prosecution of contempt, except of that committed in open court, requires that the accused should be advised of the charges and have a reasonable opportunity to meet them by way of defense or explanation. We think this includes the assistance of counsel, if requested, and the right to call witnesses to give testimony, relevant either to the issue of complete exculpation or in extenuation of tlie offense and in mitigation of the penalty to be imposed.” (Citations omitted.)”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“charges of misconduct, in open court, in the presence of the judge, which disturbs the court's business, where all of the essential elements of the misconduct are under the eye of the court, are actually observed by the court, and where immediate punishment is essential to prevent demoralization of the court's authority before the public. [e.s.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nevertheless, I agree that for a different reason petitioner's conviction did not comport with the requirements of due process. * * * [P]etitioner was denied the right to present this testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Tucker
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.