Smith v. Wolff’s Empirical Analysis
506 F.2d 556 · 1974
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
March 1982
most recently cited
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Fay v. Noia · McMann v. Richardson · Picard v. Connor · Tollett v. Henderson
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it would be unseemly in our dual system of government for a federal district court to upset a state court conviction without an opportunity to the state courts to correct a constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rice v. Wolff
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.