Pilchak v. Camper’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 145 · 1991
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably Gilbert v. United States (2011), Donovan Spence v. Superintendent Commissioner (2000)
21 federal appellate · 4 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 Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · Engle v. Isaac · Darr v. Burford · Smith v. Murray
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not the proper subject for a sentence of a lifetime of incarceration”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we have chosen not to discuss in detail the basis for our believing that the sentence was improper. We think that there are elements of equal protection, substantive due process, and unusual punishment involved in the lifetime sentence, any one of which may be sufficient under the facts of this action to support our position.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leisure v. Bowersox“was not the proper subject for a sentence of a lifetime of incarceration. ... In this regard, we again point out that the principal conspirator ... was sentenced to a term of years, which sentence has resulted in his already having gained his freedom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leisure v. Bowersox
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.