George v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
410 F.2d 1179 · 1969
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Peyton v. Rowe · McNally v. Hill · Ahrens v. Clark · Johnny F. Word, No. 82830 v. State of North Carolina, James Johnnie Matthews v. Glenn O. Womble, Sheriff, Nash County, North Carolina, James Lee Williams v. State of North Carolina · United States of America Ex Rel. William Van Scoten v. Commonwealth of Pa
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is also our view that, while the challenged judgment is that of North Carolina, the California warden is a proper respondent. He is the actual custodian of George by reason of the California conviction and also as agent of the North Carolina warden, as evidenced by the detainer. If the California warden does not wish to defend the North Carolina conviction he can call upon the authorities of North Carolina to provide that defense.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“As observed by the Fourth Circuit in Word v. North Carolina, 406 F.2d 352 , this rule of Ahrens has been departed from in the case of applicants resident outside of the United States, and perhaps in certain other exceptional circumstances. 410 F.2d at 1181, note 4 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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