Bates v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schlup v. Delo · Herrera v. Collins · Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Whitworth Bros. Storage Co. · Commonwealth v. Barnes · Stevens v. McGinnis, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“with the relevant rules of procedure and substantive law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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