Williams v. Withrow’s Empirical Analysis
944 F.2d 284 · 1991
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2013 · most notably Withrow v. Williams (1993), Adams v. Rs Peterson Osci (1992)
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Edwards v. Arizona · Brady v. United States · Arizona v. Fulminante
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, when promises of leniency, coupled with threats of immediate imprisonment, have a coercive effect on a suspect, we are obliged to inquire whether 'the”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in question was sufficient to overbear the will of the accused. Finally, petitioner must prove that his will was overborne because of the coercive police activity in question. If the police misconduct at issue was not the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“statements were conditioned on his belief that he would be released if he talked. The officers' promises of leniency were intended to induce [the defendant's] admissions.”
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.