Engel v. Bourbeau’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When it appears that the requesting papers were deemed sufficient by the executive authority of the respective states for requisition and rendition, the judiciary should not interfere, on habeas corpus, and discharge the accused, upon technical grounds . . . unless it be clear that what was done was in plain contravention of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ranciato v. Nelson, No. Cv93-035261 (Jan. 19, 1994)

2. “may not inquire into the merits of the charge or into any claimed procedural infirmities constitutional or otherwise lurking in the prosecution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 4074 - Trafton v. Correa, No. Cv94-0247219s (May 14, 1996)