DeWitt v. Ventetoulo’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Stump v. Sparkman · Hilton v. Braunskill · Bradley v. Fisher · Pargoud v. United States · Evans v. Jeff D.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the concern that a rigid application of the due process clause would interfere with Rhode Island's ability to interpret and apply its laws correctly. The [Lerner] Court . expressed a reluctance to erect a constitutional impediment ... absent a showing of prejudice and harm beyond frustrated expectations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Beliles v. State“Iwlhile Lerner's expectations were raised and then thwarted, he did not suffer other, more tangible prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Beliles v. State
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.