Abbott v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““‘a defendant must establish that an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his lawyer’s performance.’ Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 350 (1980). ‘[A] defendant who shows that a conflict of interest actually affected the adequacy of his representation need not demonstrate prejudice in order to obtain relief.’ Id. at 349-50 ; see Brien v. United States, 695 F.2d 10 (1st Cir. 1982).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hopps v. State Board of Parole · State v. Cyrs