Whitley v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.2d 634 · 1984
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
February 2003
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“findings of the district court [we]re insufficient to enable [the court of appeals] to reach the merits”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rudenko v. Costello“further proceedings, findings of fact and conclusions of law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rudenko v. Costello
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.