Jacks v. Duckworth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate ·

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The state argues that this petition should be dismissed at least with respect to the challenge to former Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instruction Number 1100 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 , Rule 9(b). Rule 9(b) of the Rules Governing Section 2254- Cases in the United States District Courts provides, in relevant part, as follows: (b) Successive petitions. A second or successive petition may be dismissed if the judge finds that it fails to allege new or different grounds for relief and the prior determination was on the merits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 708 F. Supp. 971 - Rodriguez v. Young

2. “Controlling weight may be given denial of a prior application for federal habeas corpus on § 2255 relief only if (1) the same ground presented in the subsequent application was determined adversely to the applicant on the prior application, (2) the prior determination was on the merits, and (3) the ends of justice would not be served by reaching the merits of the subsequent application.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sulie v. Duckworth