Hernandez v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Coleman v. Thompson · Murray v. Carrier · Duncan v. Walker · George Duncan Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility v. Sherman Walker · Rhines v. Weber
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he Court deems it appropriate to look to procedural default case law for guidance in determining whether Petitioner has demonstrated the requisite 'good cause' for failing to exhaust his unexhausted claims prior to filing this habeas action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kell v. Benzon“did nothing to prevent Petitioner from seeking state habeas relief for the unexhausted claims”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sadowski v. Grounds“Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sadowski v. Grounds
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.