Beazley v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 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 116 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he United States reserves the right, subject to its Constitutional constraints, to impose capital punishment on any person (other than a pregnant woman) duly convicted under existing or future laws permitting the imposition of capital punishment, including such punishment for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age. . . . . [T]he United States declares that the provisions of Articles 1 through 27 of the [ICCPR] are not self-executing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Buell v. Mitchell · State v. Craig

2. “any claim that was adjudicated on the meñts in State court proceedings unless the adjudication of the claim— (1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bruce v. Cockrell · Lawrence Kyle v. Rick Thaler, Director

3. “If a subsequent application for a writ of habeas corpus is filed after filing an initial application a court may not consider the merits of or grant relief based on the subsequent application unless the application contains sufficient specific facts establishing that: (1) the current claims and issues have not been and could not have been presented previously in a timely initial application or in a previously considered application ... because the factual or legal basis for the claim was unavailable on the date the applicant filed the previous application; (2) by a preponderance of the evidence, but for a violation of the United States Constitution no reasonable juror could have found the applicant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; or (3)by clear and convincing evidence, but for a violation of the United States Constitution no rational juror would have answered in the state’s favor one or more of the special issues that were submitted to the jury....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Duane Buck v. Rick Thaler, Director