Mayo v. Lynaugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “how the jury was unable to express its reasoned moral response and give effect to his mitigating evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mayo v. Lynaugh · Motley v. Collins

2. “[w]e are bound by the precedents of this circuit that have upheld the constitutionality of the Texas statute, and therefore we must deny relief on this claim. That the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a particular case does not allow us to grant relief to other petitioners who raise a similar claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mayo v. Lynaugh

3. “that the Texas capital punishment scheme is unconstitutional because the jury is prevented from considering mitigating evidence except on the issues of the deliberateness of the murder and the probability of future dangerousness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mayo v. Lynaugh