Michael L. Piaskowski v. John Bett’s Empirical Analysis
256 F.3d 687 · 2001
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently September 2020 · most notably Juan v. Allen III (2005), 374 Ill. App. 3d 409 - People v. Saxon (2007)
20 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. Taylor · Burks v. United States · Schlup v. Delo · Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros.
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`each link in the chain of inferences must be sufficiently strong to avoid a lapse into speculation.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong suspicion that someone is involved in a criminal activity is no substitute for proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“himself, Hirn and Moore. " Id. at 690 (emphasis added); see id. at 692 ("Kellner recanted a key portion of his trial testimony ... during postconviction proceedings, claiming that Kutska did not identify any member of the group that confronted Monfils other than himself, Hirn, and Moore.”
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.