Darrell Lynn Thomas v. Gary Gibson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 federal appellate · 5 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 123 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) ... 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) ... was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 128 F. Supp. 2d 710 - Robinson v. Trast · 112 F. Supp. 2d 1122 - Hallmark v. Martin

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. Charles Elliott v. Joe Williams · Jay Wesley Neill v. Gary Gibson

3. “clause, on the other hand, a federal habeas court may grant the writ only if”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Revilla v. Gibson · 17 F. App'x 923 - Bruce v. DeBaca