Morris v. S’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
April 2018
most recently cited
5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Lockett v. Ohio · Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he underlying purpose of Rule 15(a)... was to facilitate decisions on the merits, rather than on technicalities or pleadings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pratt v. Hawai'i“into prosecutors' decision-making processes would entangle [courts] `in the core decisions of another branch of government,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Abebe v. Mukasey“such an arbitrary exercise of power would be a Due Process violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Abebe v. Mukasey
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.