Glass v. Butler’s Empirical Analysis
820 F.2d 112 · 1987
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Lockett v. Ohio · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Barefoot v. Estelle · Enmund v. Florida · Skipper v. South Carolina
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it would have been necessary to show only that [the petitioner] intended or participated in the killing, or participated in the offense with a reckless indifference to the plight of the [victims] to be subject to the death penalty.”
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.