Whitley v. Bair’s Empirical Analysis
802 F.2d 1487 · 1986
Citation profile
53
cited by 53 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
29 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · Wainwright v. Witt · Darden v. Wainwright
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“failure to appeal claims disposed of by state habeas trial court constitutes a procedural bar to further federal review of such claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bennett v. Angelone“in the conviction of one who is actually innocent,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whitley v. Muncy
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.