Bridge v. Lynaugh’s Empirical Analysis
838 F.2d 770 · 1988
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2015 · most notably Lavernia v. Lynaugh (1988), Byrne v. Butler (1988)
14 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Hill v. Lockhart · Darden v. Wainwright · Michel v. State of Louisiana Poret · Adams v. Texas
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether counsel’s performance satisfies the requirements of the Sixth Amendment, we must inquire whether, considering all the circumstances, counsel’s performance was reasonable under prevailing professional norms. Judicial scrutiny of counsel’s performance must be highly deferential; we must make every effort to eliminate the distorting effects of hindsight and evaluate the conduct from counsel’s perspective at the time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“so extreme that it constitutes a denial of fundamental fairness under the due process clause. Furthermore, ‘[t]he challenged evidence must be “a crucial, critical, or highly significant factor in the context of the entire trial.” ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brooks v. Zimmerman“a court must indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional competence, or that under the circumstances, the challenged action 'might be considered sound trial strategy'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buckley v. Collins
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.