Rollins v. Maggio’s Empirical Analysis
711 F.2d 592 · 1983
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
June 2010
most recently cited
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Wainwright v. Sykes · Sandstrom v. Montana · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · Texas v. Louisiana
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he state judge's mere use of the word 'merit' in denying the collateral attack does not justify a federal judge to conclude that the state judge ignored his state law and secretly weighed [the merits of the claim].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Butler
How this case has been treated — in progress
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