Kessinger v. Page’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
January 1970
most recently cited
4 state decisions
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where an appeal from the judgment and sentence under which petitioner is serving is pending in the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court will refuse to entertain an application for writ of habeas corpus.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Handley v. Warden
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.