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Foster v. Chatman’s Empirical Analysis

578 U.S. 488 · 2016

Citation profile

191
cited by 191 later decisions
9
cited 9 times by the Supreme Court
24
states following
June 2025
most recently cited

37 federal appellate · 2 district · 107 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Batson v. Kentucky · Coleman v. Thompson · Teague v. Lane

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

  1. “First, a defendant must make a prima facie showing that a peremptory challenge has been exercised on the basis of race; second, .if that showing has been made, the prosecution must offer a race-neutral basis for striking the juror in question; and third, in light of the parties’ submissions, the trial court must determine whether the defendant has shown purposeful discrimination.”
    10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Constitution forbids striking even a single prospective juror for a discriminatory purpose.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “That step turns on factual determinations, and, 'in the absence of exceptional circumstances,' we defer to state court factual findings unless we conclude that they are clearly erroneous.”
    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.