Powers v. Schwartz’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3141 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Stack v. Boyle · Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Carlson v. Landon · J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · Mastrian v. Hedman
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What is required is that where the state has set up a classification of bailable and non-bailable offenses, the classification must not violate the right to due process and equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Griffith v. State
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.