Gonzalez v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
198 federal appellate · 54 district · 52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 623 later decisions (20 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably 134 S. Ct. 1377 - Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. (2014), Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. (2014)
198 federal appellate · 54 district · 52 state decisions — followed in 22 states
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 2101 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 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 Slack v. McDaniel · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Foman v. Davis · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
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 623 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a requirement goes to subject-matter jurisdiction, courts are obligated to consider sua sponte issues that the parties have disclaimed or have not presented.”
65 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the conviction does not become final by the conclusion of direct review, it becomes final by the expiration of the time for seeking such review.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
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.