73 F. Supp. 2d 1192 - Hoffman v. Arave’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Bruton v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia · Teague v. Lane · Lockett v. Ohio
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pizzuto v. Arave · Pizzuto v. Arave
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.