Carty v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.3d 244 · 2009
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably Dillon v. Rogers (2010), Williams v. Thaler (2010)
13 federal appellate · 1 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. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Crawford v. Washington · Teague v. Lane · McMann v. Richardson
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, [a defendant] must demonstrate that his attorney’s performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. This court has described that standard as “requiring that counsel research relevant facts and law, or make an informed decision that certain avenues will not be fruitful.” Second, [a defendant] must also prove that he was prejudiced by his attorney’s substandard performance. “[T]o prove prejudice, [a defendant] must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Mathis's testimony would have been largely cumulative of his trial testimony. For example, Mathis testified during the guilt/innocence phase of trial that 'I've known Linda for a long time and I did not believe that she could do something like this.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Carty“We review under AEDPA's heightened standard the portion of Carty’s claim ... that the [the state court] adjudicated on the merits; the rest of her claims ... we review de novo.”
1 later decision 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.