Cornell v. Nix’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 769 · 1990
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Allen v. United States · St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota · Kelly v. United States
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.
“'would probably produce an acquittal on retrial.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Lewis v. Erickson · Cornell v. Nix“we didn't have to worry about Kenny, because that Kenny had tried to shoot him and he [Cornell] broke his neck.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cornell v. Nix“did not hear [Cornell] say that he killed Kenny Crow or that he had done any harm to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cornell v. Nix
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.