Vasquez v. Al Lockhart’s Empirical Analysis
867 F.2d 1056 · 1988
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Cornman v. Armontrout (1992), Henderson v. Cohn (1990)
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Wainwright v. Sykes · Fay v. Noia · Murray v. Carrier · Hormel v. Helvering
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“lack of familiarity with the American language and court system”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the trend [is] toward wider application of the Wainwright cause and prejudice test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the conviction of one who is actually innocent.”
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.