Sullivan v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.2d 316 · 1983
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
2
states following
September 1987
most recently cited
7 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pesce v. United States · Spinkellink v. Wainwright · Adams v. Wainwright · Harris v. Pulley · Spencer v. Zant
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.
“[in]sufficient to show the Florida system to have intentionally discriminated ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ford v. Strickland
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.