Lawrence v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
January 1986
most recently cited
18 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Montague v. Rhay · Babb v. United States · Luna v. Beto · San Fratello 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“material in the sense of a crucial, critical, highly significant factor”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the prosecution may not deliberately call a witness closely identified with the defendant, knowing that the witness will assert his right to remain silent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Busby v. Holt
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.