Louis Neron v. James E. Tierney, Etc.’s Empirical Analysis
841 F.2d 1197 · 1988
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably United States v. Boylan (1990), State v. Santiago (1998)
43 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 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) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer · Pointer v. Texas · Stone v. Powell · Irvin v. Dowd
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'All would agree that an impartial jury is an integral component of a fair trial' and must be 'jealously safeguarded.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]ourts generally should be hesitant to haul jurors in after they have reached a verdict to probe for potential instances of bias, misconduct, or extraneous influences.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“However, misconduct allegations that `are frivolous ... do not trigger any duty of inquiry and do not require that a hearing be held.'”
3 later decisions 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.