Richards v. Quarterman’s Empirical Analysis
566 F.3d 553 · 2009
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Woodfox v. Cain (2010), Carty v. Thaler (2009)
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Rompilla v. Beard · Schriro v. Landrigan
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a federal court may not grant habeas relief after an adjudication on the merits in a state court proceeding unless the adjudication of the claim (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“ Id. (quoting Wiggins v. Smith , 539 U.S. 510 , 520, 123 S.Ct. 2527 , 156 L.Ed.2d 471 (2003) ). But ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“was deficient and not a strategic decision”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia v. Davis · Mejia v. Stephens
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.