McMillan v. Barksdale’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 981 · 1987
Citation profile
235 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 271 later decisions — most recently August 2008 · most notably Tinsley v. Borg (1990), Byrd v. Collins (2000)
235 federal appellate ·
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 Sumner v. Mata · United States v. Robinson · Coppedge v. United States · Time, Inc. v. Bon Air Hotel, Inc. · Gilliam v. United States
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 271 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due process,” or unless the state record does not support the facts as found. 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d). Id. at 983-84 n. 3. 16 . We recognize”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any document that meets the requirements of Rule 3(c) and is filed within the time prescribed by Rule 4(a) can function as a notice of appeal.... To reach a contrary holding would ... exalt form over substance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buffalo v. Sunn“none of these circumstances were shown by the petitioner, admitted by the state, or 'otherwise appear' from the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.