James v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
39 F.3d 607 · 1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Castaneda v. Partida · Marshall v. Lonberger · Brewster v. Derwinski · Rushen v. Spain · Sumner v. Mata
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a high measure of deference.” Rushen v. Spain, 464 U.S. 114, 120 , 104 S.Ct. 453, 456 , 78 L.Ed.2d 267 (1983); accord Thompson, -U.S. at-, 116 S.Ct. at 464; Sumner v. Mata, 455 U.S. 591, 598 , 102 S.Ct. 1303, 1307 , 71 L.Ed.2d 480 (1982); Meyers, 93 F.3d at 1148-49 ; Fields, 49 F.3d at 1032 ; James v. Whitley, 39 F.3d 607, 610 (5th Cir. 1994), cert. denied, - U.S. --, 115 S.Ct. 1704 , 131 L.Ed.2d 565 (1995).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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