Smith v. Duckworth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal Law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceedings.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wood v. Carpenter · Postelle v. Carpenter

2. “was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the [state-court] proceeding.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Aldridge · Delmart v. Zupan

3. “the factual findings of the state court are [presumed] correct unless the petitioner rebuts that presumption by 'clear and convincing evidence,' " id. (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (e)(1) ). Moreover, our review "is limited to the record that was before the state court that adjudicated the claim on the merits.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Grant v. Royal · Goode v. Carpenter