Battle v. Delo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 federal appellate · 1 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. “[t]his circular argument [wa]s without merit.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McDaniel v. Cody McDaniel · Weeks v. Bowersox

2. “This evidence, if produced and credited, would establish that it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have convicted Weeks. We accordingly remand for a hearing to determine whether Weeks can prove what he asserts. If he can, the district court may then consider Weeks’s underlying constitutional claim that his guilty plea was coerced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Weeks v. Bowersox

3. “[if] new evidence calls the credibility of certain witnesses into question, and their credibility figures reasonably in our assessment, remand for an evidentiary hearing may be appropriate. However, the mere fact that affidavits are presented does not automatically require such a remand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bannister v. Delo