Commonwealth Ex Rel. McGlinn v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that habeas corpus can only be successfully invoked where there is a “peculiar and pressing need for it”
• observing that habeas corpus can only be successfully invoked where there is a \peculiar and pressing need for it\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Townsend v. Burke
  Supreme Court· 1948-06-14· cited 1,667×
• Betts v. Brady
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-01· cited 1,154×
• Gryger v. Burke
  Supreme Court· 1948-10-11· cited 726×
• Uveges v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1948-12-13· cited 278×
• Gibbs v. Burke
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-27· cited 150×
• Commonwealth v. Novak
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-03-16· cited 145×
• United States v. Edward J. Dillon, Petition of Manley B. Strayer
  Ninth Circuit· 1965-07-27· cited 131×
• Palmer v. Ashe
  Supreme Court· 1951-12-11· cited 105×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spencer v. Ashe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-03-20· cited 82×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marelia v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-09-25· cited 59×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Garison v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-06-28· cited 57×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Elliott v. Baldi
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-04-14· cited 56×
• Sparks v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-02-09· cited 53×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. Ashe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-01-20· cited 51×
• Winklespecht v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-03-19· cited 35×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Ashe, Warden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1944-01-03· cited 33×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Geisel v. Ashe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1949-03-24· cited 29×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Levine v. Fair
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-12-13· cited 28×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Goodfellow v. Rundle
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-06-23· cited 27×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Walker v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-10· cited 684×
• Smith v. O'GRADY
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-17· cited 586×
• Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Supreme Court· 1833-02-16· cited 561×
• Missouri v. Lewis
  Supreme Court· 1880-04-12· cited 375×
• Knewel v. Egan
  Supreme Court· 1925-05-25· cited 211×
• Goto v. Lane
  Supreme Court· 1924-06-02· cited 138×
• Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1907-11-04· cited 108×
• Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1894-05-14· cited 77×
• Passmore Williamson's Case
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1855-07-01· cited 76×
• Halderman's Petition
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1923-01-03· cited 73×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Penland v. Ashe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1941-04-16· cited 41×
• Sanford v. Robbins
  Fifth Circuit· 1940-11-15· cited 33×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Fagan v. Francies
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1913-04-21· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Seechrist
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1905-03-14· cited 10×
• Saylor v. Sanford
  Fifth Circuit· 1938-11-04· cited 6×