Roberts v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis
415 F.3d 816 · 2005
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2251 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Flast v. Cohen · United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · Murphy v. Hunt · Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We generally review a district court's decision to stay execution for an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nooner v. Norris“capable of repetition, yet evading review”
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.