Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United Steelworkers of America v. Weber · Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. · Granville v. Hunt · Williams v. Steele · Henley v. Johnson
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The sole function of habeas corpus relief is to provide relief from unlawful imprisonment or custody, and it cannot be used for any other purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.