Scott v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
250 F.3d 1011 · 2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Ford v. Wainwright · Alabama v. Bozeman · Robert Glen Coe v. Ricky Bell, Warden
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the mental capacity to understand the nature of the death penalty and why it was imposed upon the convict”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Walton v. Johnson
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.