Meadows v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We think that the allegations of the motion, inartful though they be, are sufficient to set forth the contention that the appellant's mental condition was such that he could not and did not make intelligent waivers and plea. His statements of the prior determination of a mental illess takes the motion out of the category of frivolous claims and requires a hearing. Bishop v. United States, 350 U.S. 961 , 76 S.Ct. 440 , 100 L.Ed. 835 ; Gregori v. United States, 5 Cir., 1957, 243 F.2d 47 ; Brown v. United States, 5 Cir., 1959, 267 F.2d 42 ."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fisher v. United States · 164 So. 2d 229 - Knight v. State

2. “the irresponsible acts held against him at his trial were acts beyond the control of petitioner which happen when his war scrambled brains failed to function like a normal person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 164 So. 2d 229 - Knight v. State

3. “was discharged from the armed forces as a psycho neurosis patient”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 164 So. 2d 229 - Knight v. State