Ferguson v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
905 F.2d 211 · 1990
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Stone v. Powell · Rideout v. United States · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so conspicuously prejudicial or of such magnitude that it fatally infected the trial and deprived [the defendant] of fundamental fairness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Logan v. Al Lockhart“if the facts are in dispute or if a fair evidentiary hearing was not conducted in state court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ruiz v. Norris“review the totality of the facts in the case and analyze the fairness of the trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Logan v. Al Lockhart
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.