In re Watkins’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.3d 375 · 2015
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 1631 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Teague v. Lane · Kolender v. Lawson · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Atkins v. Virginia · Penry v. Lynaugh
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, ... that (i) [ (Force Clause) ] has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or (ii) [ (Enumerated-Felony Clause) ] is ■ burglary, arson, or extortion, involves the use of explosives, or [ (Residual Clause) ] otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Sargent · Jerry Sargent“multiple holdings that logically dictate the retroactivity of the new rule.” Watkins, 810 F.3d at 381 (quoting Tyler v. Cain, 533 U.S. 656 , 668, 121 S.Ct. 2478 , 150 L.Ed.2d 632 (2001) (O'Connor, J., concurring)). 6 . This conclusion was foreshadowed in In re-Embry:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.