Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
August 1995
most recently cited
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Smith
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fell below an objective standard of reasonableness,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.