Wright v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. “[NJothing in the additional declarations presented by Wright’s family members renders the state court’s determination unreasonable, or contrary to clearly established federal law. The decision not to call any family members other than Wright’s mother was made after a reasonable . investigation, including extensive contact with Wright’s family members. Critically, Wright never alleges that his attorneys failed to speak to Rose Wright, and her declaration states only that she would have testified if asked. Rose Wright’s testimony would have painted a much more vivid picture of the tragic circumstances of Wright’s family life; however, Wright’s mother testified as to Wright’s impoverished upbringing, and the most vivid images from Rose Wright’s testimony, those of criminal neglect and sexual abuse, concern Wright’s sisters, rather than Wright himself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wright v. Warden, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution