Matta-Ballesteros v. Henman’s Empirical Analysis
896 F.2d 255 · 1990
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 1 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 132 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably United States v. Page (2000), Verdin v. O'Leary (1992)
73 federal appellate · 1 district · 16 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 18 U.S.C. § 751 · 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 Wong Sun v. United States · Graham v. Connor · United States v. Leon · Mapp v. Ohio · Bell v. Wolfish
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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n evidentiary hearing is not necessary when the facts essential to consideration of the constitutional issue are already before the court.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well established that individuals have no standing to challenge violations of international treaties in the absence of a protest by the sovereigns involved.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`it is up to the offended nations to determine whether a violation of sovereign interests occurred and requires redress'”
2 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.