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Evans v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

875 F.3d 210 · 2017

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 2025
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Williams v. Taylor · United States v. Leon · Mapp v. Ohio

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[We consider] not only the arguments and theories the state habeas court actually relied upon to reach its ultimate decision but also all the arguments and theories it could have relied upon.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “In fact, [to survive review under the 'contrary to' clause,] the state habeas court need not even display awareness of the Supreme Court's cases....”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “ask whether it is possible fairminded jurists could disagree that those arguments or theories are inconsistent”
    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.