Ward v. Hobbs’s Empirical Analysis
738 F.3d 915 · 2013
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Slack v. McDaniel · Hill v. Lockhart · 132 S. Ct. 1309 - Martinez v. Ryan · Khaimov v. Crist · Cothrine v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before granting a certificate of appealability on a procedural issue, a district court should determine 'both that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right, and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Asmussen v. Young
How this case has been treated — in progress
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