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Nolan v. Armontrout’s Empirical Analysis

973 F.2d 615 · 1992

Citation profile

69
cited by 69 later decisions
3
states following
January 2006
most recently cited

31 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Coleman v. Thompson · Murray v. Carrier · McMann v. Richardson · McCleskey v. Zant

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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “constitutional violation has probably resulted in the conviction of one who is actually innocent.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. 61 F. Supp. 2d 896 - Roberts v. Bowersox · Grinols v. State
  2. “counsel's failure to do so may not excuse the procedural default.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Nave v. Delo · Nave v. Delo
  3. “concerned with actual as compared to legal innocence.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Jolly v. Gammon · Rehbein v. Clarke

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.