United States v. Limehouse’s Empirical Analysis
950 F.2d 501 · 1991
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably United States v. Mojica (1993), United States v. Zarnes (1994)
39 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Penson v. Ohio · Mabey v. Official Committee of Equity Security Holders · United States v. Durrive
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong presumption that counsel rendered reasonably effective assistance,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he district court, unlike the appellate court, has had the opportunity to observe counsel's performance firsthand.”
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.