53 Ala. App. 632 - Ex Parte James’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Gideon v. Wainwright · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Coleman v. Alabama
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Like many common law doctrines the peace bond has become a nonheroie Don Quixote of the law which now masquerades aimlessly through the reports, still vigorous, still viable, but, as in this case, equally dangerous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Weller
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.