Vigil v. Tansy’s Empirical Analysis
917 F.2d 1277 · 1990
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ohio v. Roberts · Maryland v. Craig · Coy v. Iowa · Maryland v. Craig · United States v. California
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order for habeas corpus relief to be granted by a federal court based on a state court evidentiary ruling, the rulings must render the trial so fundamentally unfair as to constitute a denial of federal constitutional rights.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defense counsel cross-examined the witness,”
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.