Weeks v. Wyrick’s Empirical Analysis
638 F.2d 690 · 1981
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Weinstein v. Bradford · Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky · Byrne v. Karalexis · Ex parte Endo · PepsiCo, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the challenged action was in its duration too short to be fully litigated prior to its cessation or expiration, and (2) there was a reasonable expectation that the same complaining party would be subjected to the same action again.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Corgain v. Miller“capable of repetition, yet evading review”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Corgain v. Miller
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.