Kethley v. Berge’s Empirical Analysis

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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.

1. “[n]o court has found that the running of the limitation period also is tolled ... for the time period during which a properly filed application for post-conviction or other collateral review is pending in federal court”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 F. Supp. 2d 1246 - Sperling v. White · Ronald Jones v. Willis Morton, Warden of Trenton State Prison Attorney General of the State of New Jersey

2. “time is not tolled [under section 2244(d)(2)] while an improperly filed federal habeas petition is gathering dust on district court shelves”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 F. Supp. 2d 1246 - Sperling v. White · Sherman Walker v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent

3. “the procedural dismissal of petitioner's action in the present case should not later be construed to produce the unintended effect of barring federal habeas review under the AEDPA statute of limitations provision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sherman Walker v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent