Parker v. Matthews’s Empirical Analysis
567 U.S. 37 · 2012
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Darden v. Wainwright · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Bouie v. City of Columbia
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The relevant question is whether the prosecutors' comments 'so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hardy v. Maloney“the Darden standard is a very general one, leaving courts 'more leeway . . . in reaching outcomes in case-by-case determinations.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taylor v. Medeiros“clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Levingston v. Warden
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.