Hill v. Lockhart

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the possible difficulty locating a vein suitable for lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment
• holding that lethal injection is “the most humane type of execution available”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Campbell v. Wood
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-02-08· cited 342×
• Philip Workman v. Governor Phil Bredesen
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-05-07· cited 142×
• Ritchie v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2004-05-25· cited 142×
• McNabb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-08-31· cited 65×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-11-02· cited 64×
• Sharifi v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2008-02-01· cited 45×
• Ex Parte O'Brien
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-05-17· cited 28×
• State v. Deputy
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1994-06-19· cited 28×
• Reid v. Johnson
  E.D. Virginia· 2004-09-03· cited 27×
• LaGrand v. Lewis
  D. Arizona· 1995-03-30· cited 14×
• Parker v. Norris
  E.D. Arkansas· 1994-08-01· cited 3×
• O'Brien, Derrick Sean
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-05-17
• Workman v. Bredesen
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-05-07

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Murray v. Carrier
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 7,499×
• Wainwright v. Sykes
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 6,068×
• McCleskey v. Zant
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-16· cited 3,331×
• Sanders v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 2,713×
• Pulley v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,080×
• Kuhlmann v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,205×
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-03-07· cited 143×
• Gardner v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1988-06-20· cited 119×
• George C. Gilmore v. Bill Armontrout, George C. Gilmore v. Bill Armontrout
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-11-10· cited 111×
• Woodard v. Hutchins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-13· cited 109×
• Gerald Smith v. William Armontrout
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-01-02· cited 96×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-07-07· cited 57×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-11-14· cited 36×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-07-18· cited 28×
• Withers v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-03-02· cited 23×
• Barry Lee Fairchild v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Department of Correction, State of Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-06-25· cited 21×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-05-04· cited 16×
• Holsey v. Preventive Health Program
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-21· cited 16×
• Steven Douglas Hill v. A. L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-05-30· cited 14×
• Terry Lynn Williams v. Bill Armontrout, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-08-29· cited 7×