Clark v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.2d 908 · 1990
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
June 2004
most recently cited
12 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Teague v. Lane · Murray v. Carrier · Michigan v. Long · Sanders v. United States · Caldwell v. Mississippi
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“validat[e] reasonable, good-faith interpretations of existing precedents made by state courts even though they are shown to be contrary to later decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sawyer v. Smith“dictated by precedent existing at the time the defendant's conviction became final.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sawyer v. Smith
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.