Collier v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. “Section 2254(d) provides AEDPA’s framework for reviewing habeas petitions: (d) An 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- (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. Section 2254(d)(1) describes the standard of review to be applied to claims challenging how the state courts applied federal law, while § 2254(d)(2) describes the standard to be applied to claims challenging how the state courts determined the facts. Both provisions direct federal courts to assess the reasonableness of the state court determinations, and both assessments must be made in light of the evidence the state courts had before them. The only limitation on § 2254(d)’s application is that the claims submitted must have been “adjudicated on the merits” in state court. For a state court’s factual determination to be unreasonable under § 2254(d)(2), it must be more than merely incorrect or erroneous .... It must be sufficiently against the weight of the evidence that it is objectively unreasonable. An”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mark v. Ault · 732 F. Supp. 2d 527 - Merzbacher v. Shearin

2. “[A] decision is contrary to federal law ... if a state court has arrived at a conclusion opposite to that reached by [the Supreme Court] on a question of law or if it confronted] facts that are materially indistinguishable from a relevant Supreme Court precedent but arrived at an opposite result. A state court unreasonably applies clearly established federal law when it identifies the correct governing legal principle from [the Supreme] Court’s decisions but unreasonably applies that principle to the facts of the prisoner’s case. It is not enough for us to conclude that, in our independent judgment, we would have applied federal law differently from the state court; the state court’s application must have been objectively unreasonable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Owen v. Weber