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Greene v. Fisher’s Empirical Analysis

565 U.S. 34 · 2011

Citation profile

76
cited by 76 later decisions
15
cited 15 times by the Supreme Court
January 2026
most recently cited

17 federal appellate · 4 district ·

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Bruton v. United States · Teague v. Lane · Griffith v. Kentucky · Penry v. Lynaugh

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

  1. “(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.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “measure state-court decisions 'against [Supreme Court] precedents as of " the time the state court renders its decision .”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  3. “the last state-court adjudication on the merits”
    2 later decisions 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.