Tennard v. Cockrell’s Empirical Analysis
317 F.3d 476 · 2003
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
March 2006
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Atkins v. Virginia · Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications, Inc. · Smith v. Cockrell · Smith v. Bowersox · Tennard v. Cockrell
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Tennard has never argued that the Eighth Amendment prohibits his execution”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.