Promotor v. Pollard’s Empirical Analysis
628 F.3d 878 · 2010
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
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 Lindh v. Murphy · United States v. Tucker · Townsend v. Burke · Edwards Warden v. Carpenter · Dretke Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division v. Haley
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Cause for a default is ordinarily established by showing that some type of “external impediment” prevented the petitioner from presenting his claim. Lewis v. Sternes, 390 F.3d 1019 , 1026 (7th Cir.2004). Prejudice is established by showing that the violation of the petitioner’s federal rights “worked to his actual and substantial disadvantage, infecting his entire trial with error of constitutional dimensions.” Id.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court gives explicit attention to it, founds its sentence at least in part on it, or gives specific consideration to the misinformation before imposing sentence.”
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.