Greene v. Massey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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

1. “if this were a question of first impression in the Fifth Circuit, this Court might be inclined to grant the petition. Regardless of whether an appellate court or a trial jury makes the determination that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a finding of guilt as to a particular charge, and regardless of whether a petitioner moves for a new trial on other grounds in addition to asserting the ground of insufficiency of evidence, it would seem that the double jeopardy clause would preclude giving the prosecution a second chance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Greene v. Massey

2. “It is important to recognize that the Mus-quiz rule is not a mandatory practice in all instances. The wording of § 2106 speaks in terms of “. . . such further proceedings to be had as may be just under the circumstances.” (emphasis in original)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Evans

3. “review power at least equal to that possessed by this Court [of Appeals] under § 2106,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Greene v. Massey