Clark v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
619 F.2d 431 · 1980
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Nogueras v. Puerto Rico International Airlines, Inc. · Fitzgerald v. Estelle · Hayward v. Johnson · United States v. Gray · Robert Allen Gaines v. Joe S. Hopper
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“district court should hold a full hearing on any issue not resolved because of an insufficient record.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.