In Re: Watford’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schlup v. Delo · House v. Bell · Peyton v. King · Hubbard v. Henrico Ltd. Partnership · Cape Henry Towers, Inc. v. National Gypsum Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] petitioner's evidence 'must establish such a high probability of acquittal, that this Court is reasonably certain that no rational fact finder would have found him guilty.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In re: Phillips · In Re: Scott“no rational trier of fact would have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re: Phillips · In Re: Brown“draw [its] conclusion from a hypothetical new trial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In Re: Scott · In Re: Brown
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.