Parham v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
126 F.3d 454 · 1997
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 25 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Grayson v. Mayview State Hospital (2002), Montgomery v. Pinchak (2002)
10 federal appellate · 25 district ·
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
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · Henslee v. Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co. · Tabron v. Grace · Inmates of Allegheny County Jail v. Pierce P W R
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the plaintiffs ability to present his or her own case; (2) the difficulty of the particular legal issues; (3) the degree to which factual investigation will be necessary and the ability of the plaintiff to pursue investigation; (4) the plaintiffs capacity to retain counsel on his own behalf; (5) the extent to which a case is likely to turn on credibility determinations; and (6) whether the case will require testimony from expert witnesses.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A medical malpractice case involves complex facts and medical records that even most lawyers struggle to comprehend. Hence, most of these cases require expert testimony.”); Pinchak, 294 F.3d at 504 (explaining that'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“should consider 'the plaintiff's education, literacy, prior work experience, and prior litigation experience'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Houser v. Folino
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.