Brown v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.2d 780 · 1985
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
November 1987
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Sumner v. Mata
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that a federal court, in granting a writ of habeas corpus, must explain why the statutory presumption of correctness of State Supreme Court findings does not apply in the light of the factors listed in 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254(d).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Dugger
How this case has been treated — in progress
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