Russell v. Rolfs’s Empirical Analysis
893 F.2d 1033 · 1990
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 21 district · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 252 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine (2001), United States v. $40508923 US Currency (1994)
92 federal appellate · 21 district · 22 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · Harris v. Reed · Kuhlmann v. Wilson · Granberry v. Greer
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 252 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is an equitable doctrine invoked by a court at its discretion.”
38 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“merely because issues were raised in a personal restraint petition that had not been previously taken to the state supreme court on direct appeal from the court of appeals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Larson v. Wood“whipsaw the petitioner back and forth between two court systems”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Falconer v. Lane
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.