United States of America v. Arturo Lopez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “because Richardson consisted of the Supreme Court's interpretation of a statute.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lagundoye · Garland Jeffers v. Ernest Chandler US

2. ““A 1-year period of limitation shall apply to a motion under this section. The limitation period shall run from the latest of— “(1) the date on which the judgment of conviction becomes final; “(2) the date on which the impediment to making a motion created by governmental action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the movant was prevented from making a motion by such governmental action; “(3) the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court, if that right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or “(4) the date on which the facts supporting the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dodd v. United States

3. “[t]hat the right is founded on statutory interpretation rather than on a new rule of constitutional law is of no moment for purposes of the limitation period under S 2255”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States of America v. Todd Lewis Hopkins