Simpson v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• “As a general principle, Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, relating to summary judgment, applies with equal force in the context of habeas corpus eases.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-04· cited 167×
• Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-22· cited 110×
• Rudd v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-07-18· cited 61×
• Guidry v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-01-14· cited 45×
• Clark v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-02· cited 35×
• State v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-12-28· cited 35×
• Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-08-07· cited 33×
• Dewberry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-06-24· cited 22×
• Wiley v. Epps
  N.D. Mississippi· 2009-11-05· cited 18×
• Gutierrez v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-09-27· cited 14×
• Slaughter v. Parker
  W.D. Kentucky· 2001-09-27· cited 13×
• Butler v. Quarterman
  S.D. Texas· 2008-09-04· cited 10×
• Johnston v. Tampa Sports Authority
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-06-18· cited 7×
• Stranberg v. Lasz
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-02-06· cited 7×
• Johnston v. Tampa Sports Authority
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-06-26· cited 5×
• Stephenson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-01· cited 5×
• Little v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-04-29· cited 5×
• Lowe v. Swanson
  N.D. Ohio· 2009-07-07· cited 3×
• Matthews v. White
  Sixth Circuit· 2015-11-10· cited 3×
• Rose v. Johnson
  S.D. Texas· 2001-03-26· cited 1×