Robinson v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis
15 F.3d 82 · 1994
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 2016
5 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2072
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. · Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Scott v. E O'Grady
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, whether prison mail room employees are authorized to accept service for another prison employee; and second, if these employees are authorized to accept service, whether, in the context of the prison environment, receipt by another can be said to be adequate notice [pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 4.15(F) and the Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Service may be made upon an individual ... by: (1) sending a copy of the summons and complaint by registered or certified mail or other public means by which a written acknowledgement of receipt may be requested and obtained to his residence, place of business or employment with return receipt requested and returned showing receipt of the letter;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) promptly deliver the papers to that person; (2) promptly notify that person that he holds the papers for him; or (3) within a reasonable time, in writing, notify the clerk or person making the service that he has been unable to make such delivery of notice when such is the ease.”
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.