Graves v. Hampton’s Empirical Analysis
1 F.3d 315 · 1993
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Siglar II v. Hightower (1997), Eason v. Thaler (1994)
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Neitzke v. Williams · Imbler v. Pachtman · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Briscoe v. W
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless the court in its order for dismissal otherwise specifies, a dismissal under this subdivision and any dismissal not provided for in this rule, other than a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, for improper venue, or for failure to join a party under Rule 19, operates as an adjudication upon the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marts v. Hines“[I]f it appears that frivolous factual allegations could be remedied through more specific pleading, a court of appeals reviewing a Sec. 1915(d) dismissal should consider whether the District Court abused its discretion by dismissing the complaint with prejudice or without leave to amend.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alston v. H“a 1915(d) dismissal is not a dismissal on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.