350 F. App'x 190 - Smith v. Bender’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4 · 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 455 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Adler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. · Claflin v. Houseman · Garrett v. Selby Connor Maddux & Janer · Kansas v. Colorado
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mr. Smith’s opening and reply briefs are littered with frivolous and irrelevant arguments and tirades. His briefs also contain scurrilous allegations and personal attacks regarding alleged wrongdoing by the named Justices of the Colorado Supreme Court and the district judge.... We admonish and warn Mr. Smith that if he files future appeals in this court containing similar unsupported claims, allegations, or personal attacks, we will not hesitate to impose hefty sanctions and filing restrictions in order to curb his abusive and disrespectful litigation practices. Bender, 350 Fed.Appx. at 195 . Mr. Smith did not heed our warning, and we conclude that it is time to impose those “hefty sanctions and filing restrictions” we warned him about in Bender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Krieger
How this case has been treated — in progress
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