Van Poyck v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
595 F.2d 1083 · 1979
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
June 1987
most recently cited
16 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Pate v. Robinson · Drope v. Missouri · Galtieri v. Wainwright
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A state court's failure to follow its own procedural rules does not of itself raise a federal constitutional question cognizable in habeas corpus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Estelle
How this case has been treated — in progress
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