Clark v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
632 F.2d 531 · 1980
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Agurs · Wainwright v. Sykes · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · Holman Freeman v. State of 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In affirming the state trial court's denial of a habeas relief, the Louisiana Supreme Court did not rely on the contemporaneous objection rule but denied the writ because no showing had been made sufficient to 'warrant a finding that the trial judge's ruling was in error.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“would ripen into constitutional error upon a showing that the missing witnesses' testimony, when evaluated in the context of the entire record, would create a reasonable doubt of guilt that did not otherwise exist.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ashley v. Wainwright“(t)he deliberate concealment of a named eyewitness whose testimony would admittedly be material constitutes a prima facie deprivation of due process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ashley v. Wainwright
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.