Prejean v. Maggio’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.2d 482 · 1985
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Jurek v. Texas · Proffitt v. Florida · Pulley v. Harris · Tison v. Arizona
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so strong that the results would permit no other inference but that they are the product of racially discriminatory intent or purpose.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.