Henderson v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 1 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As did the Supreme Court in Atkins , we have heretofore referred to 'mental retardation.' But, a recent act of Congress mandates use of the phrase ‘intellectual disability’ in place of 'mental retardation' in all federal enactments and regulations.”) (citing Rosa's Law, Pub.L. No. 111-256 (Oct. 5, 2010)); but see Hernandez v. Stephens, 537 Fed.Appx. 531 , 533 n. 1 (5th Cir.2013) (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In re Campbell · Robert Campbell

2. “'leave it for the district court to decide whether [a petitioner's] case presents the ‘rare and exceptional circumstances’ that would entitle him to the benefit of equitable tolling.’ ” In re Mathis, 483 F.3d 395 , 400 (5th Cir.2007) (quoting In re Henderson, 462 F.3d at 417 ). 11 . See also Coleman v, Johnson, 184 F.3d 398 , 402 (5th Cir. 1999) (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Campbell · Robert Campbell

3. “determine whether the facts in th[e] record entitle [the petitioner] to equitable tolling, or whether further proceedings”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Campbell · Robert Campbell