Ex Parte Van Alstyne’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 181st Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Atkins v. Virginia · Jacobellis v. Ohio · Carmouche v. State · Watson v. State
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.
“Each organization recognizes that mental retardation is a disability characterized by (1) 'significantly subaverage' general intellectual functioning, (2) accompanied by 'related' (AAMR) or 'significant' (APA) limitations in adaptive functioning, (3) the onset of which occurs prior to the age of 18.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Moore“particularly in those matters with regard to the weight and credibility of the witnesses and, in the case of expert witnesses, the level and scope of their expertise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Moore“we have typically deferred to the recommendation of the convicting court, whatever that might be”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Moore
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.