Gonzalez v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
146 federal appellate · 40 district · 13 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedGonzalez v. Thaler (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2101 · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Foman v. Davis · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois
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 446 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“indicate which specific issue or issues satisfy [that] showing.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(1) Unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability, an appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals from— (A) the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court; or (B) the final order in a proceeding under section 2255. (2) A certificate of appealability may issue under paragraph (1) only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. (3)The certificate of appealability under paragraph (1) shall indicate which specific issue or issues satisfy the showing required by paragraph (2).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.