Burrus v. Turnbo’s Empirical Analysis
743 F.2d 693 · 1984
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently February 2002 · most notably Colorado River Indian Tribes v. Town of Parker (1985), Sundance Land Corp. v. Community First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (1988)
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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 Younger v. Harris · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Samuels v. J Mackell Fernandez · Hicks v. Miranda
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, it may make the prisoner ineligible for desirable work or educational assignments. If the prisoner is constantly shuttled from one facility to another, prison officials may be reluctant to permit him to participate in rehabilitation programs. Second, a detainer reduces the prisoner’s incentive to participate in work, education, and other programs that help rehabilitate him and improve his chances for early parole.... Third, a detainer tells the prisoner that he may have to stand trial elsewhere, but does not provide him with a vehicle for going there immediately to secure witnesses and take other steps to preserve his defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Snyder v. Sumner“In respect of any proceeding made possible by this article, trial shall be commenced within one hundred and twenty days of the arrival of the prisoner in the receiving State, but for good cause shown in open court, the prisoner or his counsel being present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Snyder v. Sumner“[f]or all purposes other than that for which temporary custody as provided in this agreement is exercised, the prisoner shall be deemed to remain in the custody of and subject to the jurisdiction of the sending State....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Neely
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.