Isom v. Al Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.2d 484 · 1988
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
June 1993
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Tarry v. State
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mere violation of state law, without more, does not amount to a deprivation of due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“fell below an objective standard of reasonableness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Nix
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.