Robinson v. Black’s Empirical Analysis
812 F.2d 1084 · 1987
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably In Re: The Woodson Company, Debtor. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. William B. Grover, Trustee, and Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee (1987), Steward v. Gilmore (1996)
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Anders v. California · Massiah v. United States · Douglas v. People of State of California · Jones v. Barnes · Maine v. Moulton
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Counsel did not act as an advocate for Robinson when he briefed all issues in favor of the government and concluded Robinson's claims were meritless. Robinson had a right to expect counsel to brief and argue his case to the best of counsel's ability, showing the most favorable side of defendant's arguments. Counsel changed the adversarial process into an inquisitorial one by joining the forces of the state and working against his client.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Dunn v. Cook · L.C. v. State“Anders sets forth the conditions under which an indigent defendant’s appointed counsel can withdraw on appeal. In order to protect the defendant’s rights, counsel must first brief “anything in the record that might arguably support an appeal.” Id. [386 U.S.] at 744 [ 87 S.Ct. at 1400 ]. This mandatory briefing must be done as an advocate: “The constitutional requirement of substantial equality and fair process can only be attained where counsel acts in the role of an active advocate in behalf of his client, as opposes to that of amicus curiae.” Id. It is for the court to determine whether the appeal is frivolous, not the defendant’s counsel. Id.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Evans v. Clarke · Evans v. Clarke“that Anders' dictates were woefully unsatisfied”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.