Jones v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
590 F.2d 684 · 1979
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2025 · most notably United States v. MacDonald (1982), State v. Ariegwe (2007)
16 federal appellate · 8 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Townsend v. Sain · Klopfer v. State of North Carolina · Barrett v. United States · United States v. Jackson
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the length of the delay weighs against the state, it is not so `inordinately lengthy' as to weigh heavily against the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the petitioner's allegations, if proved, would establish his right to relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cain v. Smith“the absence of any reason for the delay should weigh against the state”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ariegwe
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.