Joseph Ferrell v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections’s Empirical Analysis
568 F.2d 1128 · 1978
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2014 · most notably Tennessee v. Lane (2004), 65 Ohio St. 3d 51 - State v. Schaim (1992)
4 federal appellate · 22 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · Pointer v. Texas · Illinois v. Allen · Romano v. United States · United States of America Ex Rel. Rogelio Nieves Negron v. The State of New York
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Constitution requires that a defendant sufficiently understand the proceedings against him to be able to assist in his own defense. Ensuring that the defendant has that minimum understanding is primarily the task of the trial judge.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * [t]he Constitution does not * * * guarantee every defendant a perfect trial. The rights vouchsafed are practical, reasonable rights rather than ideal concepts of communication, and even these pragmatic rights may not be exercised without limit. * * * ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Wright · Peterson v. State“Ferrell's rights were reduced below the constitutional minimum,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.