Northern v. Boatwright’s Empirical Analysis
594 F.3d 555 · 2010
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Massaro v. United States · 92 Wis. 2d 797 - State v. MacHner · 185 Wis. 2d 168 - State v. Escalona-Naranjo
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]bviously, an attorney is not constitutionally deficient for failing to lodge a meritless objection”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simpson v. Carpenter
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.