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Bennett v. Gs Fortner a’s Empirical Analysis

863 F.2d 804 · 1989

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
April 1994
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2106

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Wainwright v. Sykes · United States v. Frady · Engle v. Isaac · Benjamin v. United States

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.

  1. “'When a procedural default bars state litigation of a constitutional claim, a state prisoner may not obtain federal habeas relief absent a showing of cause and actual prejudice.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “when a federal court is unable to determine whether or not a state court is applying procedural bar, this court will reach the merits of the issue.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the results of the proceeding would have been different.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.