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960 F.2d 72 · 1992

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
February 1996
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Delo v. Stokes

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “because of the interests of the [habeas] petitioner, who may be unlawfully kept on death row, but also the state, whose interests in finality deserve the concern and deference of the federal courts.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “habeas corpus cases, particularly in capital sentencing situations, deserve the utmost priority.”
    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.