United States v. Messner’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Harrington v. Richter · Lafler v. Cooper · United States v. Natanel · United States v. Mala
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the factual record is clear, we [may] proceed[] directly to reviewing the defendant's claim on the merits”
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.