Chamberlain v. Ericksen’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 628 · 1984
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2000
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 Anders v. California · Faretta v. California · Santobello v. New York · Illinois v. Allen · McKaskle v. Wiggins
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We have no doubt that a defendant is not required to have counsel forced upon him or her. [Citations.] This rule is true not only at trial but on appeal. Recognition of this principle lends itself to the recognition that all defendants have a basic right to address the court with a pro se brief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] defendant's right to file a pro se brief or motions is distinguishable from a defendant's right to make oral argument before the court. See generally Price v. Johnston, 334 U.S. 266 , ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must be honored out of `that respect for the individual which is the lifeblood of the law.' Illinois v. Allen, 397 U. S. 337 , 350-351 [(1970)].”
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.