Coombs v. Maine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 20 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “(e)(1) In a proceeding instituted by an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court, a determination of a factual issue made by a State court shall be presumed to be correct. The applicant shall have the burden of rebutting the presumption of correctness by clear and convincing evidence .”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Santana v. Cowen · Rivera v. Wall

2. “(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 presented in the State court proceeding.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Santana v. Cowen · 96 F. Supp. 2d 31 - Edwards v. Murphy

3. “basic, primary, or historical facts: facts in the sense of a recital of external events and the credibility of their narrators.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Santana v. Cowen · Rivera v. Wall