Ballard v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.2d 159 · 1978
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 1983
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McMann v. Richardson · Tollett v. Henderson · Page v. Work · Rivera v. United States · Parham v. J. L.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so apparent that a reasonably attentive official of the state should have been aware of and corrected”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scott v. Wainwright
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.