Walker v. Al Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis
807 F.2d 136 · 1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Finch v. State · Schwander v. Blackburn · Eggleston v. United States · Acklin v. State
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the state has a strong case, and the error would not substantially weaken it, prejudice would not result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Laing v. State
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.