Thomas v. Carroll’s Empirical Analysis
581 F.3d 118 · 2009
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Williams v. Taylor · Faretta v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Pointer v. Texas
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nder the hypothetical circumstances posited by the court, I not only might hold differently, I would hold differently.” Id. at 127 (Poliak, J., concurring). 13 . It is not lost upon us that defendant's position on appeal is a 180-degree reversal from the position that he took on numerous occasions throughout the proceedings below when he strenuously insisted that he be permitted to represent himself. In a motion to discharge one of defendant's attorneys, he reaffirmed to the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.