Jackson v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 1469 · 1988
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably Walton v. Arizona (1990), 667 So. 2d 1242 - Ballenger v. State (1995)
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 14 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
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Gregg v. Georgia · Lockett v. Ohio · Sandstrom v. Montana · Eddings v. Oklahoma
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`When one or more of the aggravating circumstances is found, death is presumed to be the proper sentence unless it or they are overridden by one or more of the mitigating circumstances provided.'"”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]uch a presumption, if employed at the level of the sentencer, vitiates the individualized sentencing determination required by the Eighth Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“tilts the scales by which the [sentencer] is to balance aggravating and mitigating circumstances in favor of the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adamson v. Ricketts
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.