McClure v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
323 F.3d 1233 · 2003
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Williams v. Taylor · Faretta v. California · Cuyler v. Sullivan
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“define with greater precision the weight to be given to recognized canons of ethics, the standards established by the state in statutes or professional codes, and the Sixth Amendment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“demonstrate[s] that his attorney made a choice between possible alternative courses of action that impermissibly favored an interest in competition with those of the client.”
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.