Norton v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
351 F.3d 1 · 2003
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 53 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2022 · most notably Taylor v. Maddox (2004), Horton v. Allen (2004)
32 federal appellate · 53 district ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2245 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Williams v. Taylor · United States v. Bagley · Giglio v. United States · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States,”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“AEDPA's strict standard of review only applies to a claim that was adjudicated on the merits in state court proceedings.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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,”
4 later decisions 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.