Miller v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1652 (Rules of Decision Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Holmberg v. Armbrecht · Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a person entitled to bring any action mentioned in this subdivision of this title be at the time the cause of action accrues ... a person imprisoned .. ., the time of such disability shall not be deemed a portion of the time limited for the commencement of the action and such person shall have the same time after the removal of his disability that is allowed to others by the provisions of this title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. McLean“If a person entitled to bring any action mentioned in this subdivision of this title be at the time the cause of action accrues ... a person imprisoned ..., the time of such disability shall not be deemed a portion of the time limited for the commencement of the action after the removal of his disability that is allowed to others by the provisions of this title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it has been 75 years since a State court has suspended the statute of limitations based on imprisonment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Smith
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.