Akins v. Easterling’s Empirical Analysis
648 F.3d 380 · 2011
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Batson v. Kentucky · Johnson v. Zerbst · Williams v. Taylor · Faretta v. California
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(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) result ed 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 majoritye.g. Wilson v. Sheldon · Ayers v. Hall“[t]he question at step three of Batson -whether the defendant has shown intentional discrimination on the basis of race-is a question of fact”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Grant v. Royal“modified version of the per se approach that considers 'whether the prosecutor was motivated in substantial part by discriminatory intent.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.