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McGuire v. Estelle’s Empirical Analysis

902 F.2d 749 · 1990

Citation profile

32
cited by 32 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
August 2006
most recently cited

19 federal appellate ·

Appellate journey

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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Rose v. Lundy · Engle v. Isaac · Cupp v. Naughten · Aspen Skiing Company v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corporation

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “a claim for deprivation of due process will succeed only if the trial court's errors rendered the trial arbitrary or unfair.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Harper v. Rowland · Featherstone v. Estelle
  2. “The trial court incorrectly admitted the evidence pursuant to California law allowing past injury evidence to establish the “Battered Child Syndrome.” The Battered Child Syndrome allows proof of past injuries to prove the child’s present injuries did not occur accidentally. See People v. Jackson, 18 Cal.App.3d 504 , 506, 95 Cal.Rptr. 919 , 921 (1971); Landeros v. Flood, 17 Cal.3d 399 , 409, 551 P.2d 389 , 393, 131 Cal.Rptr. 69 , 73 (1976).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. McGuire v. Estelle
  3. “It appears that the trial court’s erroneous instruction was the result of an incorrect reading of CAUIC 2.50 (1979 Revision). This standard jury instruction has been clarified to avoid the misunderstanding which occurred here. See CAL-JIC 2:50 (1987 Revision).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. McGuire v. Estelle

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.