Eason v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis
14 F.3d 8 · 1994
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 139 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Eason v. Thaler (1996), Siglar II v. Hightower (1997)
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 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 Neitzke v. Williams · Bounds v. Smith · Hewitt v. Helms · Denton v. Hernandez · Wrenn v. McFadden
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 139 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An in forma pauperis complaint may be dismissed as frivolous [pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(d) ] if it lacks an arguable basis in law or fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the facts alleged are 'fantastic or delusional scenarios' or the legal theory upon which a complaint relies is 'indisputably meritless.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]ith further factual development and specificity these allegations may pass section 1915(d) muster”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hamilton v. Lyons
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.