Fierro v. Cockrell’s Empirical Analysis
294 F.3d 674 · 2002
Citation profile
28 federal appellate ·
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 Duncan v. Walker · Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown · George Duncan Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility v. Sherman Walker · Kliewer v. New Jersey · Christopher Artuz Superintendent Green Haven Correctional Facility v. Tony Bruce Bennett
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“rare and exceptional circumstances where it is necessary to preserve a plaintiff's claims when strict application of the statute of limitations would be inequitable.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]ounsel's erroneous interpretation of the statute of limitations provision cannot, by itself, excuse the failure to file [the] habeas petition in the district court within the one-year limitations period.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a consequence, neither `excusable neglect' nor ignorance of the law is sufficient to justify equitable tolling.”
3 later decisions 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.