Harrington v. Richter’s Empirical Analysis
562 U.S. 86 · 2011
Citation profile
527 federal appellate · 86 district · 293 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. Taylor · Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier
Cited together with Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Harrington v. Richter · McNeill v. United States · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
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 2,017 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.”
50 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.”
34 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.