Darden v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

cited by 26 later decisions

cited 1 times by the Supreme Court

September 2002

most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (§ 101 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 29 U.S.C. § 1303 (§ 4003 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 42 U.S.C. § 1971 (Civil Rights Act of 1957) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 304 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Wainwright v. Sykes · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Stone v. Powell

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

“Anyone attempting a text-book illustration of a violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility . . . could not possibly improve upon [prosecutor White's final statement]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Darden v. Wainwright · United States v. Pirovolos
““The nature of the case, and others like it, has attracted intensive publicity which has, in turn, served to fuel a growing public frustration concerning the administration of criminal justice in the courts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Martin v. Blackburn · Berry v. King
“a defendant offering no testimony in his own behalf, except his own, shall be entitled to the concluding argument before the jury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
e.g. Darden v. Wainwright · Darden v. Wainwright

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.