Knott v. Mabry’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 1208 · 1982
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably George Lindstadt v. John P. Keane, Superintendent (2001), Moore v. Kemp (1987)
17 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Fay v. Noia · Miller v. Pate · McClain v. United States · United States v. Easter
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although petitioner’s trial counsel probably should have increased his knowledge of the relevant scientific techniques and principles by consulting an expert * * * or by studying literature in the field, we have difficulty in light of the existing record holding that counsel’s representation was constitutionally inadequate. Human nature is such that most people think they have a better understanding of the demands of an event after it has happened. Trial of law suits is peculiarly susceptible to hindsight appraisal of another lawyer’s endeavors. When trial counsel exercise their judgment in making strategic decisions, third party post-trial construction of strategic alternatives cannot be the sole basis for finding constitutional deficiency.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“versed in a technical subject matter . . . to conduct effective cross-examination.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“there is substantial contradiction in a given area of expertise,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.