Williams v. Griswald’s Empirical Analysis
743 F.2d 1533 · 1984
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably United States v. Meros (1989), Jacobs v. Singletary (1992)
26 federal appellate · 13 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. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Haines v. Kerner · United States v. Agurs · Giglio v. United States · Townsend v. Sain
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is well established that the standards governing the sufficiency of habeas corpus petitions are less stringent when the petition is drafted pro se and without the aid of counsel.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]he knowing use of material false evidence by the state in a criminal prosecution does violate due process. Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 153 , 92 S.Ct. 763, 766 , 31 L.Ed.2d 104, 108 (1972); Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 , 79 S.Ct. 1173, 1177 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1217, 1221 (1959); Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103, 112 , 55 S.Ct. 340, 341-42 , 79 L.Ed. 791, 794 (1935); Skipper v. Wainwright, 598 F.2d 425, 427 (5th Cir.) (per curiam), cert, denied, 444 U.S. 974 , 100 S.Ct. 469 , 62 L.Ed.2d 389 (1979). This rule applies equally when the state, although not soliciting perjured testimony, allows it to go uneorrected after learning of its falsity. Giglio, 405 U.S. at 153 , 92 S.Ct. at 766 , 31 L.Ed.2d at 108 ; Napuie ], 360 U.S. at 269 , 79 S.Ct. at 1177 , 3 L.Ed.2d at 1221 . In addition, ‘[i]t is of no consequence that the falsehood [bears] upon the witness’ credibility rather than directly upon [the] defendant’s guilt.’ Napue, 360 U.S. at 269 , 79 S.Ct. at 1177 , 3 L.Ed.2d at 1221 (quoting People v. Savvides, 1 N.Y.2d 554, 557 , 136 N.E.2d 853, 854 , 154 N.Y.S.2d 885, 887 (1956)); see Giglio, 405 U.S. at 154 , 92 S.Ct. at 766 , 31 L.Ed.2d at 108 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“consider the allegations of the [petitioner's] habeas petition and supplement the petition with those facts undisputed on the record below.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.