Williams v. Field’s Empirical Analysis
394 F.2d 329 · 1968
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently August 2010 · most notably Franklin v. Murphy (1984), Boyce v. Alizaduh (1979)
51 federal appellate · 3 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
Relies on Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · Brulotte Et Al. v. Thys Company · Southern Railway Co. v. North Carolina · Southern Railway Co. v. Jackson · Florida-Georgia Television Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An order refusing to grant the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis in a civil action must be affirmed unless it appears that the discretion vested in the district court ... has been abused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Zamnik v. Stillions“generally only where it would be proper to dismiss the complaint sua sponte before service of process if it were filed by one tendering the required fees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Boyce v. Alizaduh“The court * * * may dismiss the case * * * if satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious. [ 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (d).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Van Meter v. Morgan
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.