Butler v. Aiken’s Empirical Analysis
864 F.2d 24 · 1988
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Edwards v. Arizona · Fare v. Michael C. · Arizona v. Roberson · Solem v. Stumes
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.
“was cast into immediate and serious doubt”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Butler v. McKellar
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.