Golphin v. Branker’s Empirical Analysis
519 F.3d 168 · 2008
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Batson v. Kentucky · Williams v. Taylor · Kotteakos v. United States
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rastafarianism is 'a religious movement among black Jamaicans that teaches the eventual redemption of blacks and their return to Africa, employs the ritualistic use of marijuana, forbids the cutting of hair, and venerates Haile Selassie as a god.’ ” Golphin v. Branker, 519 F.3d 168, 176 (4th Cir.2008) (quoting Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 1031 (11th ed. 2004)). 4 . On May 24, 1996, Popo signed Giant’s Statement of Policy for Store Associates. Pl.’s Mot. Ex. 6. This statement listed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.