Harbison v. Little’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions

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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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After the Diaz execution, the report of the Governor's Commission suggested that the Governor have DOC `on an ongoing basis explore other more recently developed chemicals for use in a lethal injection with specific consideration and evaluation of the need of a paralytic drug like pancuronium bromide in an effort to make the lethal injection execution procedure less problematic.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 326 - Lightbourne v. McCollum · 973 So. 2d 427 - Schwab v. State

2. “determine, after consultation, that the inmate is indeed unconscious. Until the inmate is unconscious and the Warden has ordered the executioners to continue, the executioners shall not proceed. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 326 - Lightbourne v. McCollum

3. “that he is subject to an unnecessary risk of unconstitutional pain or suffering. . . . Inherent in this formulation is the requirement that the risk must be substantial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 326 - Lightbourne v. McCollum