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296 F.3d 752 · 2002

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
September 2006
most recently cited

9 federal appellate ·

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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291

Relies on Coleman v. Thompson · Michigan v. Long · Ake v. Oklahoma · Harris v. Reed · O'NEAL v. McAninch

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

  1. “will not review a question of federal law decided by a state court if the decision of that court rests on a state law ground that is independent of the federal question and adequate to support the judgment.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the burden of demonstrating that ... the state procedural rule has been regularly and consistently applied in habeas actions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “independent and adequate state [procedural] ground”
    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.