Holmes v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
685 F.3d 51 · 2012
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 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 Slack v. McDaniel · Pace v. Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford · United States v. Zannino · Christopher Artuz Superintendent Green Haven Correctional Facility v. Tony Bruce Bennett · Holland v. Florida
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'(1) that he has been pursuing his rights diligently, and (2) that some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way' and prevented timely filing.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blue v. Medeiros · McCants v. Alves“at the earliest point when it was logical to do so.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[A]bstract questions of law are reviewed de novo, findings of raw fact are reviewed for clear error, and judgment calls receive a classically deferential reception.”
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.