Shaw v. Armontrout’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.2d 123 · 1990
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Penry v. Lynaugh · Ford v. Wainwright · Sumner v. Mata · Rogers v. United States · Innkeepers of New Castle, Inc. v. Maley
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“condemned inmate's mental faculties need not be unimpaired for the inmate to be declared fit for execution. Mental impairment exists in sufficiently varying degrees that an inmate may be brain damaged and still possess the `mental awareness required by the Eighth Amendment as a prerequisite to [the inmate's] execution.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“understands the nature and purpose of the punishment about to be imposed upon him”
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.