Adams v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
734 F.2d 511 · 1984
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
December 2015
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Sanders v. United States · Barefoot v. Estelle · Pesce v. United States · Spinkellink v. Wainwright
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in some instances circumstantial or statistical evidence of racially disproportionate impact may be so strong that the results permit no other inference but ... racially discriminatory intent or purpose”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ford v. Strickland“The state of the law with respect to these issues is unsettled.”
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.