Landers v. Warden’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.3d 1288 · 2015
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Williams v. Taylor · Townsend v. Sain · Estelle v. McGuire · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“If the Alabama state habeas court violated Alabama state law, that is for the Alabama appellate courts to determine— unless the fact-finding procedure itself violated federal law[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“resolve[ ] a credibility dispute on the basis of dueling affidavits, without an evidentiary hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Aldridge
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.