Taylor v. State of Alabama’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 federal appellate · 90 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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In passing upon this request that court (We interpolate: the Supreme Court of Alabama.) was not bound to accept at face value the allegations of the petition. The issue was not submitted to it as though on a demurrer. That court was called upon to decide not only whether this new petition, if true, presented a meritorious ground for setting aside its previous judgment, but that court, in its supervisory capacity over the enforcement of the law, was called upon to determine also the reasonableness of the allegations made in the petition and the probability or improbability of their truth. * * *. tfc % ij: sj< % “If the new petition and its supporting affidavits stood alone or had to be accepted as true, the issue would be materially different from what it is. The Supreme Court of Alabama, however, read this petition and these affidavits, as we must read them, in close connection with the entire record already made in the case. They must be tested in that context for their reasonableness, the probability of their truth, the effectiveness of the attack they make on the original judgment and their relationship to the general enforcement of law with justice to all.” (Parenthesis supplied.) Taylor v. Alabama, 335 U.S. 252, 262, 264, 265 , 68 S.Ct. 1415, 1420 , 92 L.Ed. 1935 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Holsclaw v. State · 417 So. 2d 579 - Hayes v. State