McGowen v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis
675 F.3d 482 · 2012
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
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 Brady v. State of Maryland · Slack v. McDaniel · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Lockett v. Ohio · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under this standard, when a district court denies habeas relief by rejecting constitutional claims on their merits, 'the petitioner must demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Russell v. Davis“We have held that a COA applicant waives claims by directing the appellate court to briefing before the district court to support his request for a COA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Russell v. Davis
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.