Hanson v. Sherrod’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.3d 810 · 2015
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Kotteakos v. United States · Brecht v. Abrahamson · Berger v. United States
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that when a habeas petitioner raises a cumulative error argument under due process principles the argument is reviewable because 'Supreme Court authority clearly establishes the right to a fair trial and due process.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For [Bush] to receive habeas relief, we must find that the cumulative effect of the errors determined to be harmless had a 'substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his statement broadened any potential limitations imposed by the first sentence of the instruction [i.e., the moral-culpability text].”
3 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.