Harris v. Pulley’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.2d 1189 · 1982
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 3 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2013 · most notably Pulley v. Harris (1984), Tuilaepa v. California (1994)
66 federal appellate · 3 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Edwards v. Arizona · Townsend v. Sain · Gregg v. Georgia · Bonner v. City of Prichard
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“he has alleged facts which, if proved, would entitle him to relief, and (2) an evidentiary hearing is required to establish the truth of his allegations.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“to obtain a hearing in federal court.... absent some stronger showing.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“if it becomes necessary, [the district court should] provide an opportunity to develop the factual basis and arguments concerning the race-discrimination and gender-discrimination claims.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.