Ryan v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.2d 198 · 1970
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
March 1995
most recently cited
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
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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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to hold a second evidentiary hearing on any point upon which a full and fair hearing was held at the state level.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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