Rizzo v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
528 F.3d 501 · 2008
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · Ake v. Oklahoma · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · Delaware v. Fensterer · Hicks v. Oklahoma
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“contrary to ... clearly established Federal law.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1). As for “a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented,” id. § 2254(d)(2), Browning claims that Tackett's lawyer was lying when she said that she had”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Browning v. Trammell
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.