McKithen v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Rooker-Feldman directs federal courts to abstain from considering claims when four requirements are met: (1) the plaintiff lost in state court, (2) the plaintiff complains of injuries caused by the state court judgment, (3) the plaintiff invites district court review of that judgment, and (4) the state court judgment was entered before the plaintiffs federal suit commenced.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kachalsky v. Cacace · McFarlane v. Roberta

2. “[WJhere the defendant’s motion requests the performance of a forensic DNA test on specified evidence, and upon the court’s determination that any evidence containing deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”) was secured in connection with the trial resulting in the judgment, the court shall grant the application for forensic DNA testing of such evidence upon its determination that if a DNA test had been conducted on such evidence, and if the results had been admitted in the trial resulting in the judgment, there exists a reasonable probability that the verdict would have been more favorable to the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Newton v. City of New York

3. “not inconsistent with the 'traditions and conscience of our people' or with 'any recognized principle of fundamental fairness.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Washington v. State