Harvard v. Singletary’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Habeas corpus jurisdiction is basic to our legal heritage. It is so basic that the authors of our habeas corpus jurisdiction made it unique with regard to this Court because it states that habeas corpus jurisdiction may not only be exercised by the entire Court, but it may also be exercised by a single justice. It is the only jurisdictional provision that gives authority to an individual justice. The provision also takes particular care to address the problem of resolving substantial issues of fact, a concern of the majority, by allowing the Court or any justice to make the writ returnable to "any circuit judge."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 878 So. 2d 1236 - Baker v. State

2. “decline jurisdiction and transfer or dismiss writ petitions which ... raise substantial issues of fact or present individualized issues that do not require immediate resolution by this Court, or are not the type of case in which an opinion from this Court would provide important guiding principles for the other courts of this State,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 878 So. 2d 1236 - Baker v. State

3. “we are able to determine on the face of the petition that the claim is successive or procedurally barred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 878 So. 2d 1236 - Baker v. State