Lewis v. Horn’s Empirical Analysis
581 F.3d 92 · 2009
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably United States v. Brown (2010), Williams v. Beard (2011)
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Batson v. Kentucky · Williams v. Taylor
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 50 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“decision can be interpreted as concluding that [petitioner] was not prejudiced ... just as easily as it can be interpreted as concluding that his counsel's conduct was not unreasonable”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceedings.” Section 2254(d) applies only to a”
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.