Butler v. Leen’s Empirical Analysis
4 F.3d 772 · 1993
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Stump v. Sparkman · Tower v. Glover · Bryan v. Johnson · In re Funkhouser · Clark v. Ocean Brand Tuna
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] district court may not sua sponte dismiss an action as frivolous under section 1915(d) after the plaintiff has paid a partial filing fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It may appear that [plaintiff's] claims are frivolous ..., but our cases require at least one opportunity to amend a complaint.”
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.