Rankin v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · Russell v. United States · Wrenn v. Gould
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he marital privilege is merely a testimonial privilege based on statutory provision or found in the common law...[and] does not rise to the level of the constitutionally guaranteed right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.”
1 later decision 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.