Coe v. Thurman’s Empirical Analysis
922 F.2d 528 · 1990
Citation profile
77 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Clisby v. Jones (1992), Harris v. Champion (1994)
77 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 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)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Barker v. Wingo · Teague v. Lane · Penry v. Lynaugh · Evitts v. Lucey
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has not alleged ... any particular anxiety suffered ... that would distinguish his case from that of any other prisoner awaiting the outcome of an appeal.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) oppressive incarceration pending appeal; 2) anxiety and concern of the convicted party pending appeal; and 3) impairment of the convicted person's grounds for appeal or of the viability of his defense in case of retrial.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the root of his complaint is his inability to do so.”
4 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.