306 F. Supp. 2d 597 - Walton v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
March 2006
most recently cited
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Ford v. Wainwright · Barnard v. Collins · Rector v. Clark · Walton v. Johnson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Walton both understands that he is to be executed and that his execution is punishment for his conviction for murder.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“understands that he is sentenced to die by execution and that he is to be executed for murdering three people.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Walton understands that he is in prison and has received an execution sentence for murdering three individuals [and that] Walton understands that to be executed means he will die.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Walton v. Johnson
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.