Daniels v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.2d 705 · 1985
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Price v. Johnston · Boston Firefighters Union, Local 718 v. Boston Chapter, NAACP · 103 S. Ct. 247 - Beneficial Finance of Kansas, Inc. v. United States · Jones v. Wj Estelle · National Farmers' Organization, Inc. v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A second or successive petition may be dismissed if the judge finds that it fails to allege new or different grounds for relief and the prior determination was on the merits, or, if new and different grounds are alleged, the judge finds that the failure of the petitioner to assert those grounds in a prior petition constituted an abuse of the writ.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“based on facts or legal theories about which [the petitioner] had no knowledge when prosecuting [the petitioner's] prior habeas petition.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“awareness that a competent lawyer would have possessed.”
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.