Brumfield v. Cain

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting Louisiana’s argument that the defendant’s low IQ scores were the result of \low effort” in part because the defendant’s expert testified the defendant’s \consistent scores across multiple tests over multiple years ruled out malingering”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ledford v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-03-21· cited 277×
• Shase Howse v. Thomas Hodous
  Sixth Circuit· 2020-03-18· cited 78×
• In Re: Eric Cathey
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-05-11· cited 26×
• Hess v. Schlumberger
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-02-07· cited 10×
• United States v. Vandale Thomas
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-01-30· cited 8×
• In Re: Joseph Mole
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-05-04· cited 7×
• State v. Chester
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2016-12-16· cited 3×
• Rolex Watch v. Beckertime
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-03-21· cited 3×
• State of Mississippi v. Kevin Scott
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2017-06-01· cited 2×
• Le v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-05-16· cited 1×
• Eric Cathey v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-05-11
• State v. Robertson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2018-04-06
• Rolex Watch v. Beckertime
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-01-26
• Assoc of Club Executives v. Paxton
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-07-14
• Busby v. Guerrero
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-05-11

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 9,383×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Hall v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 2014-05-27· cited 642×
• Coury v. Prot
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-06-19· cited 438×
• Brumfield v. Cain
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-18· cited 375×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-06-29· cited 245×
• State v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2008-01-16· cited 173×
• Canal Barge Company, Inc. v. Torco Oil Company Gulfstream Trading, Ltd. Company
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-07-20· cited 170×
• State v. Brumfield
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1998-10-20· cited 103×
• Rivera v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-10-22· cited 99×
• Lacy v. Ameritech Mobile Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-22· cited 82×
• State v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2008-09-09· cited 81×
• St. Aubin v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-11-21· cited 69×
• William Wiley v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-10-27· cited 67×
• Raymond Heck v. Kenneth Buhler
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-12-23· cited 66×
• State v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2006-01-19· cited 59×
• In Re: Robert Madrid Salazar, Movant
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-17· cited 46×
• In Re: Mathis
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-04-02· cited 41×