Cain v. Chappell’s Empirical Analysis
870 F.3d 1003 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2264 (§ 107 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Chambers v. Mississippi · United States v. Cronic · Atkins v. Virginia · Cole v. State of Arkansas
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Moore itself cannot serve as 'clearly established' law at the time the state court decided Cain's claim”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shoop v. Hill“adaptive functioning ... was an unreasonable determination of the facts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shoop v. Hill
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.