Burger v. Zant’s Empirical Analysis
984 F.2d 1129 · 1993
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Teague v. Lane · Murray v. Carrier · Ake v. Oklahoma · 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The ends of justice allows a court to excuse state procedural defaults, abuses of the writ, and successive claims when consideration is necessary to prevent a fundamental miscarriage of justice, and when the petition has made a colorable showing of factual innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Swain v. Singletary“'[C]ause ... requires a showing of some external impediment preventing counsel from constructing or raising the claim.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weeks v. Jones
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.