Sprague Electric Co. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• Strategic decisions are entitled to 32 a “strong presumption” of reasonableness.
• “[W]e have often explained that strategic decisions . . . are entitled to a strong presumption of reasonableness [since] [d]efense lawyers have limited time and resources, and so must choose from among countless strategic options.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “Federal habeas courts must defer to reasonable state-court decisions.”
• discussing possible reasons to not present certain defenses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).