Mosley v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
470 F.2d 1320 · 1973
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
October 1978
most recently cited
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Peters v. Kiff · Smith v. Smith · Edge v. Wainwright · Lumpkin v. Smith · Byrd v. Smith
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.
“In line with the settled doctrine of requiring exhaustion of state remedies prior to seeking federal relief, we decline and the District Court should decline to consider this question absent exhaustion of the state habeas corpus remedy which is presently available to Appellant. Ga.Code, Sec. 50-127 (Acts 1967, pp. 835, 836).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ferguson v. Dutton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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