Smith v. Estelle’s Empirical Analysis
602 F.2d 694 · 1979
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 1 district · 35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2009 · most notably Estelle v. Smith (1981), Satterwhite v. Texas (1988)
52 federal appellate · 1 district · 35 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · United States v. Wade · Wainwright v. Sykes · Gregg v. Georgia
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an attorney present during the psychiatric interview could contribute little and might seriously disrupt the examination.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“is a vitally important decision, literally a life or death matter,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cape v. Francis · Hammett v. Texas“at the sentencing phase of a capital trial, Texas may not use evidence based on a psychiatric examination of the defendant unless the defendant was warned, before examination, that he had a right to remain silent; was allowed to terminate the examination when he wished; and was assisted by counsel in deciding whether to submit to the examination.”
2 later decisions 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.