Thomas v. Vannoy’s Empirical Analysis
898 F.3d 561 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Lockhart v. Fretwell · Yarborough v. Alvarado · Harrington v. Richter
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.
“[T]he Supreme Court [has] apparently settled the matter: the 'fill the gaps' aspect of Richter -considering grounds that could have supported the state court's decision-does not extend beyond unexplained rulings to reasoned state court decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Langley v. Prince
How this case has been treated — in progress
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