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649 F.2d 713 · 1981

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
December 1997
most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Relies on Simmons v. United States · Neil v. Biggers · Townsend v. Sain · Manson v. Brathwaite · Cuyler v. Sullivan

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Lest the reviewing court 'be left to guess' as to our reasons for granting habeas relief notwithstanding the provisions of § 2254(d), we reiterate: As our original analysis indicates . . . we substantially agree with the 'historical' or 'basic' facts adduced by the California Court of Appeal Fifth Appellate District. . . . We disagree, however, with the application of the Simmons standard . . . to the totality of the circumstances of this case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
  2. “substantially agree[d] with the 'historical' or 'basic' facts adduced by the California Court of Appeal,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
  3. “over the legal and constitutional significance of certain facts”
    1 later decision 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.