Brown v. Mayle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 5 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(d) An application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court shall not be granted with respect to any claim that was adjudicated on the merits in State court proceedings unless the adjudication of the claim— il) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 36 F. App'x 889 - Thomas v. Small

2. “), we discuss them only briefly and where relevant here. Unless otherwise noted, all statutory citations are to the California Penal Code. 6 * On October 9, 1991, a criminal complaint was filed in Orange County, California charging Ramirez with two counts of second-degree robbery, i.e., willfully and unlawfully taking personal property”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ramirez v. Castro

3. “stiffened penalty for the latest crime, which is considered to be an aggravated offense because [it is] a repetitive one.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 528 F. Supp. 2d 1020 - Penton v. Kernan