Santos Cruz v. David Miller, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “we are determining the reasonableness of the state courts' `decision,' not grading their papers”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 573 F. Supp. 2d 964 - Miller v. Stovall · Jose Santellan Sr v. Janie Cockrell

2. “Although our inquiry ... is to determine whether the state courts reasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court law, we think it appropriate to make some examination of how the federal courts of appeals have analyzed the issue....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gregory Gilchrist v. John R. O'keefe, Superintendent · Kennaugh v. Miller

3. “the need for law enforcement officers to protect themselves and other prospective victims of violence in situations where they may lack probable cause for an arrest. When an officer is justified in believing that the individual whose suspicious behavior he is investigating at close range is armed and presently dangerous to the officer or to others, it would appear to be clearly unreasonable to deny the officer the power to take the necessary measures to determine whether the person is in fact carrying a weapon and to neutralize the threat of physical harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 181 F. Supp. 2d 157 - United States v. Newton