Nell v. James’s Empirical Analysis
811 F.2d 100 · 1987
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Anders v. California · Haines v. Kerner · Sanders v. United States · Kimmelman v. Morrison
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The task is not discharged by counsel either employing a too-fertile imagination in an effort to 'dream up' new, untested legal theories or by a sophomoric type of report hurriedly prepared a day before the filing deadline”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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