Fabian v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis
714 F.2d 39 · 1983
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently January 2001 · most notably Harcon Barge Co. v. D & G Boat Rentals, Inc. (1986), United States v. Davis (1986)
16 federal appellate · 1 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. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Barefoot v. Estelle · Ohio v. Kentucky · Shields v. Beto · Stewart v. Beto · Piper v. Estelle
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that a certificate of probable cause requires petitioner to make a 'substantial showing of the denial of [a] federal right.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is not sufficient to prove official conduct that merely evidences a lack of eager pursuit or even arguable lack of interest. Rather the waiving state’s action must be so affirmatively wrong or its inaction so grossly negligent that it would be unequivocally inconsistent with “fundamental principles of liberty and justice” to require a legal sentence to be served in the aftermath of such action or inaction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Crater v. Furlong
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.