Francis S. v. Stone’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently December 2013
1 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 18 U.S.C. § 3141 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · United States v. Salerno · Rose v. Lundy
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an affliction with a mental disease or mental condition which is manifested by a disorder or disturbance in behavior, feeling, thinking, or judgment to such an extent that the person afflicted requires care, treatment and rehabilitation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Francis S. v. Stone“abundantly clear that more than sufficient evidence was presented on the record to justify petitioner's recommitment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Francis S. v. Stone“based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Francis S. v. Stone
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.