Grandberry v. Bonner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 11 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in the forefront the defendant's valued right 'of being able, once and for all, to conclude his confrontation with society through the verdict of a tribunal he might believe to be favorably disposed to his fate.' " United States v. Starling, 571 F.2d 934 , 938 (5th Cir.1978) (quoting Jorn, 400 U.S. at 486, 91 S.Ct. at 558). 28 Although the "manifest necessity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lovinger v. Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit

2. “(T)he pace at which the proceedings culminating in the judge's declaration of a mistrial moved indicates that the judge could not possibly have considered carefully any alternatives to declaring a mistrial. It was only a matter of minutes....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brady v. Samaha

3. “Brady v. Samaha, 667 F.2d 224 , 229 (1st Cir.1981). See Grandberry, 653 F.2d at 1015-16; Cherry v. Director, State Board of Corrections, 635 F.2d 414 , 417-18 (5th Cir.1981).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lovinger v. Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit