Harrison v. Dahm’s Empirical Analysis
880 F.2d 999 · 1989
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Lisenba v. People of State of California · Falk v. Brennan · Maggitt v. Wyrick · DeBerry v. Wolff · Scott Timothy Berrisford v. Frank W. Wood, Warden
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“amount[ed] to 'a fundamental defect which inherently result[ed] in a complete miscarriage of justice, [or] an omission inconsistent with the rudimentary demands of fair procedure,'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“nothing short of a complete miscarriage of justice justifies federal habeas relief based on erroneous instructions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kennedy v. Delo
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.