United States v. Silva’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 2244 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on United States v. Booker · United State v. Morgan · Ledbetter v. City of Topeka · In re Cline · United States v. Torres
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“based on equitable, rather than common law principles.” Black’s Law Dictionary 141 (8th ed.2004) (quoting L.B. Curzon, English Legal History 103 (2d ed.1979)).”
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.