Watkins v. Champion’s Empirical Analysis
39 F.3d 273 · 1994
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on McCleskey v. Zant · Sawyer v. Whitley · Fussell v. Price · Smith v. Digmon · Andrews v. Deland
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if it (1) successively' repeats claims previously decided on the merits, or (2) abusively' asserts new grounds unjustifiably omitted from a prior petition.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless [Mr. Branham] excuses his failure to raise the issue earlier by showing cause for failing to raise it and prejudice therefrom' or by showing that a fundamental miscarriage of justice would result from a failure to entertain the claim.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is neither successive nor abusive and, thus, absent some other procedural deficiency, should be addressed on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Walker
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.