Bermudez v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.2d 108 · 1986
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Catlin v. United States · Blanton v. General Electric Credit Corp. · Lyon v. California · Collins v. Miller · Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a habeas corpus proceeding before a circuit or district judge, the final order shall be subject to review, on appeal, by the court of appeals for the circuit where the proceeding is had. An appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding where the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court, unless the justice or judge who rendered the order or a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of probable cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n the situation here, unlike that in which (as in Blake) the writ is granted, petitioner has not secured 'all he could hope to achieve....' Thus, unlike in Blake, the judgment does not satisfy the classic test of finality....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blazak v. Ricketts
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.