Morishita v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
702 F.2d 207 · 1983
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently April 2014 · most notably Osborn v. Shillinger (1988), United States v. Copley (1992)
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 13 state decisions
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 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Fay v. Noia · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Engle v. Isaac · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In our view, however, ... a transcribed oral finding can serve as a 'written statement' for due process purposes when the transcript and record compiled before the trial judge enable the reviewing court to determine the basis of the trial court's decision.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must inquire not only if there is a state procedural bar, but whether the state itself applied the bar.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“preponderance of the evidence rather than proof beyond a reasonable doubt”
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.