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143 F.3d 1049 · 1998

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
May 2003
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Lindh v. Murphy · Sumner v. Mata · Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona · Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona

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

  1. “that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “missteps ... are almost necessarily not attributable to sound strategic decisions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Caldwell, White, or both of them had testified to their version of events.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.