Sanchez v. Roden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 state decisions

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “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— (1) 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; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. Gelb · Linton v. Saba

2. “We have identified several ways in which a petitioner may satisfy this requirement, including reliance on a specific provision of the Constitution, substantive and conspicuous presentation of a federal constitutional claim, on-point citation to federal constitutional precedents, identification of a particular right specifically guaranteed by the Constitution, and assertion of a state-law claim that is functionally identical to a federal constitutional claim. In addition, citations to state court decisions which rely on federal law or articulation of a state claim that is, as a practical matter, indistinguishable from one arising under federal law may suffice to satisfy the exhaustion requirement. The exhaustion requirement is not satisfied, though, if a petitioner has simply recited the facts underlying a state claim, where those facts might support either a federal or state claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jaynes v. Mitchell

3. “Pinholster, we believe, does not prohibit an evidentiary hearing once a petitioner has successfully shown the state court unreasonably applied federal law.”); Smith v. Cain, 708 F.3d 628 , 635 (5th Cir.2013) (holding that “Pinholster’s limitation on federal evidentiary hearings does not apply once the district court conclude[s], solely on the basis of the state court record, that the state trial court unreasonably applied federal law”); Mosley v. Atchison, 689 F.3d 838 , 844 (7th Cir.2012) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Madison v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections