Eain v. Wilkes’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.2d 504 · 1981
Citation profile
56 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 124 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Quinn v. Robinson (1986), Barapind v. Enomoto (2005)
56 federal appellate · 12 district ·
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3184 · 18 U.S.C. § 3188
Relies on Baker v. Carr · United States v. Harris · Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · Dennis v. United States · Giordenello v. United States
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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Habeas corpus] is not a means for rehearing what the magistrate already has decided. The alleged fugitive from justice has had his hearing and habeas corpus is available only to inquire whether the magistrate had jurisdiction, whether the offence [sic] charged is within the treaty and, by a somewhat liberal extension, whether there was any evidence ■warranting the finding that there was reasonable ground to believe the accused guilty.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An accused in an extradition hearing has no right to contradict the demanding country's proof or to pose questions of credibility as in an ordinary trial, but only to offer evidence which explains or clarifies that proof.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a social jungle and an encouragement to terrorists everywhere.”
4 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.