Brooks v. Warden’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.3d 812 · 2016
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Baze v. Rees · Berkery v. Commissioner · Nelson v. Campbell Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections et al. · Hill v. McDonough · Ramirez v. United States
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he has a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; (2) he will suffer irreparable injury unless the injunction issues; (3) the stay would not substantially harm the other litigant; and (4) if issued, the injunction would not be adverse to the public interest.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“as the Supreme Court has recognized, the state, the victim, and the victim's family also 'have an important interest in the timely enforcement of [the inmate's] sentence.' " Id. (quoting Hill v. McDonough , 547 U.S. 573 , 584, 126 S.Ct. 2096 , 165 L.Ed.2d 44 (2006) ); see also Hill , 547 U.S. at 584 , 126 S.Ct. 2096 ("[E]quity must be sensitive to the State's strong interest in enforcing its criminal judgments without undue interference from the federal courts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“he will suffer irreparable harm if he is executed”
3 later decisions 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.