Ex Parte Whiteside’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in the terms of Section 4. There is no reason to suppose, as the Court does today, that the Legislature wanted to create a class of post-conviction applications under Section 1 that were not subject to the restrictions of Section 4. Such a supposition is not called for by the language of the statute, and it is manifestly contrary to the intent of the Act of June 7, 1995, which was”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte McPherson

2. “This article establishes the procedures for an application for writ of habeas corpus in which the applicant seeks relief from a ... judgment....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Kerr