Foster v. Chatman’s Empirical Analysis
578 U.S. 488 · 2016
Citation profile
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.
“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“Constitution forbids striking even a single prospective juror for a discriminatory purpose.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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 majoritye.g. Grant v. Royal · State v. Fant
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.