Williams v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis
390 F.3d 958 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Brecht v. Abrahamson · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc · Jones v. Cunningham
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] 1-year period of limitation shall apply to an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“conduct by the defendant that prevents the plaintiff from suing within the statutory period.”
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.