Foley v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis
488 F.3d 377 · 2007
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Poulsen (2011), State v. Carr (2014)
17 federal appellate · 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 Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Giglio v. United States · Estelle v. McGuire · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the instant case, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals’ determination was not based solely oh the fact of Van Tran’s schizophrenia, but also on the lack of evidence available about Van Tran’s early development. The court noted Van Tran’s abilities in contrast to his stated deficits and the possible effects of drug abuse and mental illness on his cognitive abilities. Despite some possibility that Van Tran suffered significant adaptive deficits before age 18, the court’s determination that he failed to meet his burden is neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of clearly established precedent, or based on an unreasonable determination of facts in light of the evidence presented. Van Tran has not satisfied the requirements to prove mental retardation and obtain habeas relief for his Atkins claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Van Tran v. Colson“was not a crucial link in the case against [the Defendant].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.