759 F. Supp. 500 - Brecht v. Abrahamson’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Griffin v. California · Doyle v. Ohio · Berkemer v. McCarty
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Discussing a person's sexual preference and setting restrictions on that person's behavior while staying in one's home are not equivalent to communicating disapproval or condemnation to that person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brecht v. Abrahamson“the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit requires that the other evidence of guilt be 'overwhelming' before concluding that a constitutional error was harmless.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brecht v. Abrahamson“only on the ground that [the petitioner] is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brecht v. Abrahamson
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.