Earl Mitchell v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary’s Empirical Analysis
432 F.2d 435 · 1970
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently October 1992
4 federal appellate ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · McMann v. Richardson · Houston v. United States · O'Neal v. Smith · Farmer v. Beto
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The purpose of [section 2241(d) ], of course, is to provide a more convenient forum for witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Parker v. Singletary
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.