Evans v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
577 F.3d 620 · 2009
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Rhines v. Weber · State v. Cordero · Martinez v. Johnson · Alexander v. McCotter · Branch v. Estelle
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 5 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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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