Smith v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 588 · 1991
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Wainwright v. Sykes · Murray v. Carrier · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Domby 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“made after thorough investigation of law and facts ... are virtually unchallengeable,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ounsel's strategic choice is entitled to great deference”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nielsen v. Hopkins
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.