Gillette v. Tansy’s Empirical Analysis
17 F.3d 308 · 1994
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably Yapp v. Excel Corp. (1999), Minter v. Prime Equipment Co. (2006)
25 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Anders v. California · Foman v. Davis · Hill v. Lockhart · Peter Ray Laycock v. State of New Mexico
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court must indulge a strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance; that is, the defendant must overcome the presumption that, under the circumstances, the challenged action “might be considered sound trial strategy.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a court refuses leave to amend, it must state its reasons [for refusing].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] court should freely grant leave to amend when justice so requires. When a court refuses leave to amend, it must state its reasons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stafford v. Saffle
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.