Chaney v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
712 F.2d 441 · 1983
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
June 1999
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Allen · Barefoot v. Estelle · Carafas v. J · Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Sunal v. Large
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The certificate of probable cause for an appeal having been granted [by the district court], the appellant must `be afforded an opportunity to address the merits, and the court of appeals is obligated to decide the merits of the appeal.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. LaFevers v. Gibson
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.