Blackledge v. Allison’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
1,305 federal appellate · 250 district · 605 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4,079 later decisions (21 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Bordenkircher v. Hayes (1978), Heckler v. Chaney (1985)
1,305 federal appellate · 250 district · 605 state decisions — followed in 39 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedAllison v. Blackledge (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Brady v. United States · Santobello v. New York · Fay v. Noia · McMann v. Richardson
Cited together with Strickland v. Washington · Hill v. Lockhart · Brady v. United States · Santobello v. New York · MacHibroda v. United States
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 4,079 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Solemn declarations in open court carry a strong presumption of verity.”
212 later decisions quote this exact passage“the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“pleading is not sufficient, for the petition is expected to state facts that point to a”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.