Brown v. Vasquez’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2251 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Fay v. Noia · Whitmore v. Arkansas · Murphy v. Hunt · Darr v. Burford · Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“I intend to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court, alleging federal constitutional errors which entitle me to relief from the judgment of death. I need the assistance of counsel in preparing and litigating the petition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Vasquez“The Supreme Court and all courts established by Act of Congress may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Vasquez“Request for Appointment of Counsel in Death Sentence Case and For Stay of Execution of Death Sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Vasquez
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.