Hobbs v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
45
cited by 45 later decisions
3
states following
March 2025
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baze v. Rees · Currin v. Wallace · Ex Parte Granviel · State v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · Sims v. State
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The sentence of death is to be carried out by intravenous lethal injection of one (1) or more chemicals, as determined in kind and amount in the discretion of the Director of the Department of Correction. (2) The chemical or chemicals injected may include one (1) or more of the following substances: (A) One (1) or more ultra-short-acting barbiturates; (B) One (1) or more chemical paralytic agents; (C) Potassium chloride; or (D) Any other chemical or chemicals, including but not limited to saline solution. (3) The condemned convict’s death will be pronounced according to accepted standards of medical practice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Hobbs v. McGehee
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.