Satterfield v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “impediment to filing an application created by State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States ..., if the applicant was prevented from filing by such State action.” Under § 2244(d)(2), the limitations period is tolled for “[t]he time during which a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review ... is pending.” Furthermore, equitable tolling of AEDPA's limitations period is available, but”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perry v. Diguglielmo

2. “is ‘properly filed’ when its delivery and acceptance are in compliance with the applicable rules governing filings. These usually prescribe, for example, the form of the document, the time limits upon its delivery, the court and office in which it must be lodged, and the requisite filing fee. In some jurisdictions the filing requirements also include, for example, preconditions imposed on particular abusive filers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Austin v. Carroll