Brooks v. Walls’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 federal appellate ·

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. “Saffold tells us (ending any ambiguity left by Artuz) that to be `properly filed' an application for collateral review in state court must satisfy the state's timeliness requirements.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Merritt v. Blaine · 218 F. Supp. 2d 715 - Satterfield v. Johnson

2. “petitions untimely under state rules nonetheless may be deemed 'properly filed.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sherwood v. Prelesnik · 218 F. Supp. 2d 715 - Satterfield v. Johnson

3. “both aspects of a dual-ground decision (substance and procedure) must be respected, so that an untimely petition is not `properly filed' even if the court also addresses the merits....”

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