In re Morton

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he complete failure to direct this Court to any relevant case law, standing alone, itself justifies a denial of [a mandamus] petition”
• “[T]he party requesting a writ of mandamus bears the burden of proving that issuance of such a writ is warrantedf.]”
• no right to appointed counsel in mandamus proceedings, even if underlying case was criminal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Titre
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-11-25· cited 10×
• Moorhead v. Mapp
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-04-14· cited 9×
• Fontaine v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-10-31· cited 5×
• Smith v. Employees of the Bureau of Corrections
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-03-07· cited 4×
• People ex rel. J.G.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-07-05· cited 2×
• Bryan v. Fawkes
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-06-19· cited 2×
• In re Gillette
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-03-15· cited 2×
• In Re: The Bourne Law Office, PLLC
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2024-11-12· cited 2×
• In re Sarauw
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-07-03
• In Re: SIXTEEN PLUS CORPORATION
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2025-08-26

Cites

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

• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1981-08-28· cited 3,458×
• Douglas v. California
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 3,330×
• People v. Marsden
  California Supreme Court· 1970-02-26· cited 2,238×
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 1,878×
• Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-24· cited 840×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-17· cited 159×
• United States v. William Eskridge
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-04-19· cited 156×
• Horace Luckey, III v. Joe Frank Harris, Governor
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-11-23· cited 137×
• State Ex Rel. Healey v. McMeans
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-10-05· cited 121×
• Kent A. Simmons Vs. State Public Defender
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-11-24· cited 96×
• State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1987-12-15· cited 93×
• Arnold v. Kemp
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-07-15· cited 81×
• DeLisio v. Alaska Superior Court
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-07-21· cited 62×
• In re People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-05-13· cited 62×
• State v. Lynch
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1990-07-24· cited 55×
• State v. Smith
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-04-03· cited 44×
• Eleanor Diangelo v. Illinois Department of Public Aid, Clarence Roberts v. Michael P. Lane, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-12-18· cited 43×
• Vern Sims Ford, Inc. v. Hagel
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-01-27· cited 32×
• Bernhardt v. Bernhardt
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-04-17· cited 31×
• Doherty v. Caisley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 24×