Durham v. Wyrick’s Empirical Analysis
649 F.2d 587 · 1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
December 1981
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bullock v. United States · Time, Inc. v. Bon Air Hotel, Inc. · Cox v. Hutto · State v. Durham · Johnson v. Beto
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(s)entencing 'is a matter of state criminal procedure, and does not involve such a denial of fundamental fairness as to fall within the purview of federal habeas corpus.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pierce v. Parratt“(A) state's enforcement of its habitual criminal statute is generally considered a matter purely of local concern, * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pierce v. Parratt
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.