Barnhill v. Flannigan’s Empirical Analysis
42 F.3d 1074 · 1994
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently April 2015 · most notably Holman v. Page (1996), Olmstead v. United States (1995)
16 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Wainwright v. Sykes · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Murray v. Carrier · Solem v. Helm
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Usually, counsel's decision not to call a witness is a tactical decision not subject to review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nobles v. Welborn“we will not presume a conflict exists where none is demonstrated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dellinger v. Bowen
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.