Sanchez v. Warden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

73 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is not self-evident that the standard relief granted in a habeas corpus action, discharge of the prisoner unless the violation of his rights is corrected, is necessarily more efficacious than the relief granted to a successful 1983 plaintiff.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 12613 - Ortega v. Myers, No. Cv99-2995 (Oct. 3, 2002) · 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 4199 - Smith v. Warden, No. Cv98-0002714 (Apr. 27, 1999)

2. “If the CT Page 12614 nonjudgmental aspects of restraint lead to restraint that has unconstitutional qualities and properties, a question is raised as to the legality of the detention.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Talton v. Warden, State Prison, No. Cv 87 0000257 (Aug. 17, 1990) · 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 12613 - Ortega v. Myers, No. Cv99-2995 (Oct. 3, 2002)

3. “[Q]uestions which do not concern the lawfulness of the detention cannot properly be reviewed on habeas corpus.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 4199 - Smith v. Warden, No. Cv98-0002714 (Apr. 27, 1999) · 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 5276 - Kirk Spencer v. Warden, No. Cv 97 0571634 (Apr. 17, 1998)