failed to develop
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 529 U.S. 420 - Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor Warden · 2000Most cited · 2,525 citing opinions
lack of diligence in developing the claims, a defalcation he contends did not occur since he made adequate efforts during state-court proceedings to discover and present the underlying facts.
How often courts cite the case defining “failed to develop”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “failed to develop” — 2,519 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.