BOLDEN

v.

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Citator

Cited By

• Hess v. Port Auth. Trans-Hudson Corp., 513 U.S. 30 (U.S. 1994)
  …) (“[T]he ‘most important’ factor is ‘whether any judgment would be paid from the state treasury.’”) (quoting Fitchik v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc., 873 F. 2d 655, 659 (CA3) (in banc), cert. denied, 493 U. S. 850 (1989)), cert. denied, 504 U. S. 943 (1992); Barket [*49], Levy & Fine, Inc. v. St. Louis Thermal Energy Corp., 948 F. 2d 1084, 1087 (CA8 1991) (“Because Missouri and Illinois are not liable for judgments against Bi-State, there is no policy reason for extending the states’ sovereign i…

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• Borden v. Allen, 646 F.3d 785 (11th Cir. 2011)
  …, 479 U.S. 996, 107 S.Ct. 602, 93 L.Ed.2d 601 (1986) (finding ineffective assistance of counsel where little effort was made to investigate possible sources of mitigation evidence); Blanco v. Singletary, 943 F. 2d 1477 (11th Cir.1991), cert. denied, 504 U.S. 943, 112 S.Ct. 2282, 119 L.Ed.2d 207 (1992) (criticizing counsel who did not attempt to contact family members or prepare for the penalty phase until the trial was underway, and who failed to put on any mental health mitigating evidence); Jackson v. Her…
• Cary Michael Lambrix v. Singletary, 72 F.3d 1500 (11th Cir. 1996)
  …denied any physical or sexual abuse by his parents. Although counsel has the obligation to conduct a reasonable investigation even if the defendant is reluctant to cooperate, Blanco v. Singletary, 943 F. 2d 1477, 1503 (11th Cir.1991), cert. denied, 504 U.S. 943, 946, 112 S.Ct. 2282, 2290, 119 L.Ed.2d 207, 213 (1992), counsel cannot be held responsible for failing to find mitigating evidence if, after a reasonable investigation, nothing has put the counsel on notice of the existence of that evidence. Funche…