Selvage v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
972 F.2d 101 · 1992
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
June 1999
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Engle v. Isaac · McCleskey v. Zant · Penry v. Lynaugh · Sawyer v. Whitley
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless a petitioner shows cause and prejudice, a federal court may not reach the merits of successive claims, which raise grounds identical to grounds heard and decided on the merits in a previous petition”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Whitley“We recognize that in practical terms this means that federal courts will not entertain Penry error in a successive federal writ. This is the direct sum of McCleskey and Sawyer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hawkins v. Collins
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.