Burden v. Zant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Dixon did not testify under a grant of transactional immunity or pursuant to a promise that the State would not prosecute him for his part in the crimes at issue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burden Zant Warden · Burden v. Zant

2. “In our judgment, the state trial court’s statements in the post-conviction report are not factual findings; they were not the product of an adversary proceeding before the court_ Rather, ... they constitute personal impressions of the trial judge rendered for the purpose of aiding the Georgia Supreme Court’s appellate review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burden v. Zant

3. “the state trial court’s observation is not entitled to a presumption of correctness under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d) because material facts were not adequately developed before the court,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burden v. Zant