Davis v. M.c. Kramer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. “the state court decision is `contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of,' an authoritative decision of the Supreme Court.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. George Smith Warden v. Lee Robbins · Jesus Garcia Delgado v. Gail Lewis Attorney General of the State of California

2. “An application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court shall not be granted with respect to any claim that was adjudicated on the merits in State court proceedings unless the adjudication of the claim— (1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence in the State court proceeding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 68 F. Supp. 2d 188 - Evans v. Artuz · 482 F. Supp. 2d 1180 - Hays v. Farwell

3. “reflect the . . . general requirement that federal courts not disturb state court determinations unless the state court has failed to follow the law as explicated by the Supreme Court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jesus Garcia Delgado v. Gail Lewis Attorney General of the State of California · Jackie Wilson v. Ic Haunani Henry