Alexander v. Cockrell’s Empirical Analysis
294 F.3d 626 · 2002
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Crane v. Stern · Demosthenes v. Baal · Mills v. United States · Fisher v. Johnson · Felder v. Johnson
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The doctrine of equitable tolling preserves a plaintiffs claims when strict application of the statute of limitations would be inequitable. Equitable tolling will be granted in rare and exceptional circumstances, and will not be granted if the applicant failed to diligently pursue his rights. Equitable tolling applies principally when the plaintiff is actively misled by the defendant about the cause of action or is prevented in some extraordinary way from asserting his rights. [I]gnorance of the law, even for an incarcerated pro se petitioner, generally does not excuse prompt filing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the State sought to revoke Alexander's parole”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carmona v. Andrews
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.