Allen v. Chandler’s Empirical Analysis
555 F.3d 596 · 2009
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Harris v. Thompson (2012), Sussman v. Jenkins (2011)
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. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Gideon v. Wainwright · United States v. Hale · 225 Ill. 2d 551 - People v. Piatkowski
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceedings would have been different,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“may have resulted in a reversal of the conviction, or an order for a new trial.'”
1 later decision 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.