Ex parte Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1980
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Bennett · Ex Parte Manzella
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.
““The jurisdiction of a county court or judge thereof to issue a writ of habeas corpus is limited by the Constitution of Texas to cases where the offense charged is within the jurisdiction of the county court or any court or tribunal inferior to said county court. Article V, Sec. 16, Constitution of Texas.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex parte Pennell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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