Chalmers v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
73 F.3d 1262 · 1996
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently January 2022 · most notably Sellan v. Kuhlman (2001), Jeffrey Washington v. Sunny Schriver, Superintendent, Wallkill Correctional Facility (2001)
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
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
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 Jackson v. Virginia · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Singleton v. Wulff · Holland v. United States · Sullivan v. Louisiana
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a doubt for which some good reason can be given.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Humphrey v. Cain · Humphrey v. Cain“incorrect statement of law which should never be made,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Humphrey v. Cain · Vargas v. Keane“Sometimes, erroneous portions of the jury instructions are offset when considered in context or explained by the trial court in later sections of the instruction. [At] [o]ther times, a seemingly innocuous incorrect statement becomes extremely damaging when coupled with other sections of the jury instructions or with improper conduct by counsel during the trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vargas v. Keane
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.