Woodall v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
685 F.3d 574 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Batson v. Kentucky · Williams v. Taylor · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Griffin 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court shall not be granted with respect to any claim that was adjudicated on the merits in State court proceedings unless the adjudication of the claim ... 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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Kentucky Supreme Court's denial of this constitutional claim was an unreasonable application of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reading Carter , Estelle , and Mitchell together, the only reasonable conclusion is that”
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.