White v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
79 F.3d 432 · 1996
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Barrientes v. Johnson (2000), Beazley v. Johnson (2001)
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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
Relies on Teague v. Lane · Penry v. Lynaugh · Barefoot v. Estelle · Ford v. Wainwright · Coker v. Georgia
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has benefitted from this careful and meticulous process and cannot now complain that the expensive and laborious process of habeas corpus appeals which exists to protect him has violated other of his rights. Throughout this process [Faulder] has had the choice of seeking further review of his conviction and sentence or avoiding further delay of his execution by not petitioning for further review or by moving for expedited consideration of his habeas petition.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]here are compelling justifications for the delay between conviction and the execution of a death sentence. The state's interest in deterrence and swift punishment must compete with its interest in insuring that those who are executed receive fair trials with constitutionally mandated safeguards. As a result, states allow prisoners such as White to challenge their convictions for years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smith“Our decision in Lackey remains the law of this circuit until reversed, vacated or remanded.... Accordingly, we are bound to hold that Teague precludes relief on White's eighth amendment claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lackey v. Johnson
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.