Aspen v. Bissonnette’s Empirical Analysis
480 F.3d 571 · 2007
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Evans v. Thompson (2008), O'Laughlin v. O'Brien (2009)
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
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. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Batson v. Kentucky · Williams v. Taylor · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Purkett v. Elem
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) 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; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a defendant satisfies the requirements of Batson's first step by producing evidence sufficient to permit the trial judge to draw an inference that discrimination has occurred,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.”
2 later decisions 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.