Scott v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
286 F.3d 923 · 2002
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Slack v. McDaniel · United States v. Olano · Johnson v. Zerbst · Duncan v. Walker · Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor Warden
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If it plainly appears from the face of the petition and any exhibits annexed to it that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court, the judge shall make an order for its summary dismissal.... Otherwise the judge shall order the respondent to file an answer....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nardi v. Stewart“25 The Court held that the government's failure to raise the statute of limitations in its answer divests the district court of its authority to raise the defense sua sponte. Id. at 930. It explained that a contrary rule would amount to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rule 8(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that [the government] raise it in the first responsive pleading to avoid waiving it.”
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.