Caudill v. Conover’s Empirical Analysis
881 F.3d 454 · 2018
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Batson v. Kentucky · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Darden v. Wainwright
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There comes a point at which evidence from more distant relatives can reasonably be expected to be only cumulative, and the search for it distractive from more important duties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Lang v. Bobby“to identify and interview distant relatives, former childhood neighbors, past boyfriends, and acquaintances who would provide similar information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lang v. Bobby“from those closest to Van Hook's upbringing and the experts who reviewed his history,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lang v. Bobby
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.