144 F. Supp. 2d 709 - Ledford v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Williams v. Taylor · Coleman v. Thompson · Lindh v. Murphy · Barefoot v. Estelle · United States v. Halper
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no Supreme Court precedent directly on point,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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