Knox v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

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

1. “The state responds that our mandate left it with no duty or authority to begin Knox's retrial until the district court entered an order setting a time limit for new proceedings to begin. 5 We agree with Knox that our mandate, by its terms, is self-executing. In directing the district court to grant the writ of habeas corpus unless the state retries Knox within a reasonable time, the mandate does not require an additional order by the district court setting a time limit for new proceedings to begin. 6 However, we disagree with Knox that our mandate, by the phrase”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Knox v. Collins · Knox v. Johnson

2. “[t]he decision whether to require such an instruction rests entirely with the state legislature”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia, Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia · O'Dell III v. Jd Netherland J S III O'Dell III

3. “that the Constitution mandates instruction on parole in capital cases”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia, Joseph Roger O'dell, III v. J.D. Netherland, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections James S. Gilmore, Iii, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia · O'Dell III v. Jd Netherland J S III O'Dell III