Ralph v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
590 F.2d 1335 · 1979
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently March 2011
3 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2312 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Galtieri v. Wainwright · Chenault v. Stynchcombe · Rummel v. Estelle · Rummel v. Estelle · 304 So. 2d 661 - State v. Boatner
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.
“Although Echols' sentencing claim ultimately turns on a question of State law, it properly falls within the scope of federal habeas corpus review because `the eighth amendment bars a prison sentence beyond the legislatively created maximum.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ford v. Moore · Echols v. Thomas“A sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum has traditionally been viewed as a violation of the eighth amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ford v. Moore
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.