Everett v. Beard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “unless it is clear from the face of the state court decision that the merits of the petitioner's constitutional claims were examined in light of federal law as established by the Supreme Court of the United States.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chadwick v. Janecka · 116 F. App'x 332 - Savage v. DA Philadelphia Cty

2. ““[Counsel’s status as a reasonably competent attorney is not strictly confined to the law as enunciated by the decisions of the jurisdiction’s highest court. More is expected from a reasonably competent attorney, especially one in a major criminal case, than merely to parrot Supreme Court cases.... Instead, a reasonably competent attorney will have reason to rely on authority, especially favorable authority, even if it has not yet been enunciated by the United States Supreme Court or the state’s supreme court.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 636 F. Supp. 2d 468 - Albrecht v. Beard · 611 F. Supp. 2d 415 - Judge v. Beard

3. “`resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law. . . .'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Boyce v. Commissioner, Maine Department of Corrections · Fountain v. Kyler