Ward v. Whitley

How courts have described this case

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

• “Conclusionary allegations are not enough to warrant discovery under Rule 6 . . . ; the petitioner must set forth specific allegations of fact. Rule 6 . . . does not authorize fishing expeditions.” (footnotes omitted)
• finding no abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-07-24· cited 632×
• John W. Byrd, Jr. v. Terry L. Collins, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-04-06· cited 569×
• Willie Williams, Jr. v. Margaret Bagley, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-08-13· cited 361×
• Barrientes v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-09-05· cited 237×
• Mack Oran Hill v. Gary L Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-04-20· cited 226×
• Clark v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-01-28· cited 219×
• West v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-08-21· cited 218×
• Goodwin v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-01-15· cited 198×
• Amos v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-08-08· cited 194×
• Keith Daniel Williams v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, San Quentin State Prison
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-04-07· cited 180×
• Rector v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-18· cited 172×
• Murphy v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-02· cited 161×
• Perillo v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-03-21· cited 159×
• Arthur Calderon, Warden v. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Robert Henry Nicolaus, Real-Party-In-Interest
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-10-22· cited 159×
• Montoya v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-09-13· cited 94×
• Johnson v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-10-18· cited 92×
• Wayne East v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-06-09· cited 85×
• Briddle v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-08-23· cited 82×
• United States v. Webster
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-12-07· cited 66×
• Ward v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-05-16· cited 62×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• United States v. Bagley
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 8,539×
• Brecht v. Abrahamson
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 7,022×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
• Kimmelman v. Morrison
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 3,502×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Swain v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 3,183×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Duren v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
• Boyde v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-23· cited 1,983×
• Sawyer v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 1,925×
• Michelson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,808×
• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• Harris v. Nelson
  Supreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 955×
• Ford v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1991-02-19· cited 789×
• Amadeo v. Zant
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-31· cited 361×

Other cases named Ward v. Whitley

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Ward v. Whitley
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-05-18
• Ward v. Whitley
  E.D. Louisiana· 1995-05-14
• Ward v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07
• Ward v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07
• Ward v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-02-27
• Ward v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-02-27