Young v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
795 F.3d 484 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Nken v. Holder · Rhines v. Weber · Cullen v. Pinholster
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Analyzing § (d)(1), a state court’s decision is contrary to clearly established federal law if: (1) the state court applies a rule that contradicts the governing law announced in Supreme Court cases, or (2) the state court decides a case differently than the Supreme Court did on a set of materially indistinguishable facts. Similarly, § (d)(2) requires that we accord the state trial court substantial deference. If reasonable minds reviewing the record might disagree about the finding ip question, on habeas review that , does not suffice to supersede the trial court’s, determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grim v. Fisher“Under AEDPA, a federal court may not issue a writ of habeas- corpus for a state conviction 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 proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grim v. Fisher
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.