Dyas v. Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.2d 993 · 1983
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently September 2013 · most notably Del Vecchio v. Illinois Department of Corrections (1994), Fero v. Kerby (1994)
23 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 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. § 455
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Smith v. Phillips · Tumey v. State of Ohio · In the Matters of Lee Roy Murchison and John Whites · Withrow v. Larkin
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n general, the standard for evaluating whether a habeas petition alleges judicial bias amounting to a denial of due process is whether the judge was 'actually biased or prejudiced against the petitioner.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Railey v. Webb · Powell v. Bowersox“realistically considering psychological tendencies and human weaknesses, the judge would be unable to hold the proper balance between the state and the accused.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(1) A judge should disqualify himself in a proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances where:”
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.