Woolls v. McCotter’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.2d 695 · 1986
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently August 2007
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wainwright v. Witt · Heckler v. Chaney · Barefoot v. Estelle · Adams v. Texas · Patton v. Yount
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“■ First, the appellant has not even alleged, much less produced any evidence, that the Texas Department of Corrections allows anyone other than trained medical personnel to administer lethal injections. Second, the appellant has neither alleged nor produced evidence that would indicate that improper dosages of sodium thiopental have been or will be administered so as to result in physical or mental pain. Finally, even if the physical and mental manifestations noted by Dr. Hodes were experienced by an individual, this showing “of discomfort or unnecessary pain” falls far short of the showing found insufficient in Gray v. Lucas [ 710 F.2d 1048, 1057-61 (5th Cir.1983) ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'prevent or substantially impair the performance of his duties as a juror in accordance with his instructions and his oath.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kelly v. Lynaugh
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.