Heidelberg v. Hammer’s Empirical Analysis
577 F.2d 429 · 1978
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 3 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably Rose 88-1634 v. Bartle a Reed W 88-1646 (1989), Myers v. Morris (1987)
54 federal appellate · 3 district · 11 state decisions
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 Haines v. Kerner · Imbler v. Pachtman · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Hampton v. United States · Adams v. Carlson
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]nly when a 'denial [of counsel] would result in fundamental unfairness impinging on due process rights' . . . will an appeals court overturn a decision of the district court not to appoint counsel.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We think, however, that broadside unspecific allegations of inducing perjury by numerous witnesses are insufficient even under the liberal pleading rules of Haines v. Kerner.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“charges that the prosecutors induced witnesses to commit perjury are barred by the immunity doctrine”
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.