Hunter v. Aispuro’s Empirical Analysis
958 F.2d 955 · 1992
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
December 1998
most recently cited
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Coleman v. Thompson · Murray v. Carrier · United States v. Frady · Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Michigan v. Long
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Reading a pro forma state court decision as relying on state procedural grounds when those grounds are argued to the state court and are dispositive is consistent with established practice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“applies only when it fairly appears that a state court judgment rested primarily on federal law or was interwoven with federal law, that is, in those cases where a federal court has good reason to question whether there is an independent and adequate state ground for the decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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