Beckwith v. Evatt’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3182
Relies on Michigan v. Doran · Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police · Arthur Appleyard v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · California v. Superior Court of Cal., San Bernardino Cty. · State Ex Rel. Byrd v. Bomar
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.
“(1) Whether the extradition documents are in order on their face; (2) Whether the petitioner has been charged with a crime in the demanding state; (3) Whether the petitioner is the person named in the request for extradition; and”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Yates v. Gilless · Sneed v. State“[T]he petitioner is not entitled to probe more deeply into any political motivation inspiring the issuance of the governor's warrant.”
1 later decision 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.