388 F. Supp. 2d 256 - Taveras v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Williams v. Taylor · Penson v. Ohio · Coleman v. Thompson · Thomas v. Arn · Teague v. Lane
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even where a former fugitive is before an appellate court with a pending appeal, Supreme Court case law mandating the appointment of appellate counsel does not apply as long as the fugitive disentitlement doctrine permits dismissal of that appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taveras v. Smith“[w]hen an appellant has been returned to the jurisdiction of the court before the appeal is dismissed, . . . he has not necessarily lost his rights; the per se dismissal rule does not apply.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taveras v. Smith“especially [] take account of a newly discovered document that further supports the conclusion reached by Judge Gorenstein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taveras v. Smith
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.