Dorsey v. Gill

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

• “the judge may find that the facts admitted — in response to the order to show cause — entitle the petitioner to the writ and to a discharge, forthwith, as a matter of law; or he may find that an issue is involved; in which event he should grant the writ and require a hearing”

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Cited by

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

• Brown v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1953-02-09· cited 2,465×
• Price v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-24· cited 1,320×
• United States v. Hayman
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-07· cited 1,034×
• Darr v. Burford
  Supreme Court· 1950-04-03· cited 969×
• Paul Rodger Weller v. Fred H. Dickson, Andrew Emmitte Pope v. Richard A. McGee
  Ninth Circuit· 1963-03-29· cited 287×
• Blair-Bey v. Quick
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-07-24· cited 286×
• United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, Warden
  Third Circuit· 1953-04-29· cited 130×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Jacob Wissenfeld, Relator-Appellant v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden, Attica State Prison, Attica, New York
  Second Circuit· 1960-08-03· cited 118×
• Edward J. Dillon v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-08-22· cited 100×
• Barrett v. Hunter, Warden. Rutledge v. Hunter, Warden
  Tenth Circuit· 1950-03-15· cited 89×
• Higgins v. Steele
  Eighth Circuit· 1952-04-03· cited 88×
• Commonwealth v. Bernier
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-08· cited 87×
• Edward Barker v. The State of Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 1964-04-15· cited 74×
• Dennis A. Dixon v. Louis Jacobs, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-04-10· cited 73×
• George A. Watts v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1960-03-31· cited 55×
• Applications of Oppenheimer
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1964-02-19· cited 52×
• Stewart v. Overholser
  D.C. Circuit· 1950-11-09· cited 49×
• State v. Kendall
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-05-06· cited 47×
• Freeman v. State
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1964-04-27· cited 36×
• Council v. Clemmer
  D.C. Circuit· 1949-05-16· cited 35×

Cites

141 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Glasser v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-09· cited 10,035×
• Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 2,192×
• McNabb v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-07· cited 2,030×
• Mooney v. Holohan
  Supreme Court· 1935-01-21· cited 1,837×
• Massachusetts v. Mellon
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-11· cited 1,546×
• Patton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1930-04-14· cited 1,162×
• Betts v. Brady
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-01· cited 1,154×
• In Re Burrus
  Supreme Court· 1890-05-19· cited 717×
• Walker v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-10· cited 684×
• Nielsen
  Supreme Court· 1889-05-13· cited 642×
• Smith v. O'GRADY
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-17· cited 586×
• Pyle v. Kansas
  Supreme Court· 1942-12-07· cited 558×
• Ex Parte Yarbrough
  Supreme Court· 1884-03-03· cited 548×
• Moore v. Dempsey
  Supreme Court· 1923-02-19· cited 518×
• Bowen v. Johnston
  Supreme Court· 1939-01-30· cited 492×
• United States v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1944-05-29· cited 459×
• Ex Parte Quirin
  Supreme Court· 1942-10-29· cited 402×
• Ex Parte Endo
  Supreme Court· 1945-01-02· cited 394×
• Salinger v. Loisel
  Supreme Court· 1924-05-26· cited 380×

Other cases named Dorsey v. Gill

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Dorsey v. Gill
  Supreme Court· 1945-06-18· cited 5×
• Dorsey v. Gill
  D.C. Circuit· 1945-02-26· cited 2×