Branch v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis
37 F.3d 371 · 1994
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Teague v. Lane · Daniels v. Williams · United States v. Salerno · Rochin v. People of California · Joshua Deshaney, a Minor, by His Guardian Ad Litem, and Melody Deshaney,s v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, et al.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a defendant's pre-appeal flight disturbs the orderly operation of a state appellate court, we believe the sanction of dismissal is justified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Troupe“The fugitive dismissal rule is not an end in itself; instead, it is the means of protecting the appellate interests served by the rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.