Lasiter v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
89 F.3d 699 · 1996
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Hoxsie v. Kerby (1997), Johnson v. Gibson (1999)
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Coleman v. Thompson · Hill v. Lockhart · Blackledge v. Allison · Moore v. United States
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“make credible allegations [that] his 'counsel's performance was deficient' and 'that the [deficient] performance prejudiced [him].'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[R]epresentations of the defendant ... as well as any findings made by the judge accepting the plea, constitute a formidable barrier in any subsequent collateral proceedings. Solemn declarations in open court carry a strong presumption of verity. The subsequent presentation of conclusory allegations unsupported by specifics is subject to summary dismissal....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“but for this ineffective assistance the result would have been different.”
2 later decisions 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.