Burt v. Titlow’s Empirical Analysis
571 U.S. 12 · 2013
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 16 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 Strickland v. Washington · Puckett v. United States · Estelle v. McGuire · Stone v. Powell · Von Moltke v. Gillies
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that counsel's performance was deficient”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. King v. Davis · Smith v. Sharp“was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. King v. Davis · Mejia v. Davis“both the state court and the defense attorney the benefit of the doubt”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. King v. Davis · Carter v. Bogan
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.