Peter P. MacOn v. Russell E. Lash, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
458 F.2d 942 · 1972
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2013 · most notably Evitts v. Lucey (1985), Daye v. Attorney General of New York (1982)
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
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. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Anders v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Brown v. Allen · Douglas v. People of State of California
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Obviously there are instances in which the ultimate question for disposition will be the same despite variations in the legal theory or factual allegations urged in its support. . . . We simply hold that the substance of a federal habeas corpus claim must first be presented to the state courts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that he should not be deprived of his right to appeal because his court-appointed counsel filed a futile motion for an extension of time instead of filing a timely motion for a new trial”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[M]ere variations in the same claim rather than a different legal theory will not preclude exhaustion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Boyko v. Parke
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.