Styron v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 4 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A `substantial showing' requires the applicant to demonstrate that the issues are debatable among jurists of reason; that a court could resolve the issues (in a different manner); or that the questions are adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Foster v. Johnson

2. “`[A]ge is not a suspect classification under the Equal Protection Clause. States may discriminate on the basis of age without offending the Fourteenth Amendment if the age classification in question is rationally related to a legitimate state interest.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Anderson

3. “equal protection clause[] do[es] not require a higher level of scrutiny for legislative classifications that may result in the death penalty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gray v. Com.