Jordan v. Hurley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State Court shall not be granted with respect to any claim that was adjudicated on the merits in State court proceedings unless the adjudication of the claim — 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.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Spisak v. Mitchell · Casnave v. LaVigne

2. “substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. United States v. Russell Lindsay

3. “Confrontation Clause violations are subject to harmless error review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Zakaria