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Stanley v. Cullen’s Empirical Analysis

633 F.3d 852 · 2011

Citation profile

55
cited by 55 later decisions
2
states following
April 2025
most recently cited

8 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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 · Stone v. Powell · Dusky v. United States · Pate v. Robinson

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

  1. “(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.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “objectively unreasonable in light of the evidence presented in the state-court proceeding.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “writ petition” was actually filed with that court on October 31, 2007. (See Resp’t’s Lod. Doc. 8.) . Under § 2254(d)(2), a state court decision based on a factual determination is not to be overturned on factual grounds unless it is”
    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.