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← 502 U.S. 995 - O'Dell v. Thompson

O'Dell v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

1991

Citation profile

95
cited by 95 later decisions
6
cited 6 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
June 2007
most recently cited

20 federal appellate · 14 district · 3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Faretta v. California · Coleman v. Thompson · Ake v. Oklahoma · Drope v. Missouri · McCleskey v. Zant

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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “We believe, however, that upon closer inspection, there is no ambiguity at all. 22 Therefore, we hold that the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of O'Dell's appeal from the denial of the writ of habeas corpus as untimely was a state ground”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “there are serious questions as to whether O'Dell committed the crime”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “should ... receive careful consideration,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

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.