Clanton v. Muncy’s Empirical Analysis
845 F.2d 1238 · 1988
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Bassette v. Thompson (1990), Barnes v. Thompson (1995)
16 federal appellate ·
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. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · Engle v. Isaac · Sumner v. Mata · Barefoot v. Estelle
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A legal argument need not have succeeded elsewhere before it will be found reasonably available. Rather, cause will not be found where the 'basis of a constitutional claim is available, and other defense counsel have perceived and litigated that claim.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“constitutional litigation is not to be conducted piecemeal, claims should be raised earlier rather than later, and considered resolution by state courts is far preferable to a last minute dash to federal habeas corpus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waye v. Townley“respondent's 'constitutional challenges ... have been reviewed exhaustively and repetitively by several courts in both the state and federal systems.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waye v. Townley
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.