Lynward James Daye, Jr. v. Lee v. Bounds, Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
509 F.2d 66 · 1975
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably Evans v. Croom (1981), Green v. McKaskle (1986)
17 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 · Duhart v. Carlson · Williams v. Field · Edmond C. Fletcher v. Courtney R. Young and Eleanor M. Young, His Wife · Calvin C. Shobe v. The People of the State of California
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile persons who are unable to pay costs ... should be allowed to prosecute .. . actions for the protection of their rights without being required to pay costs..., they should not be allowed under the cover of the statute to abuse the process of the court by prosecuting suits which are frivolous or malicious.... Congress ... intended to safeguard members of the public against an abuse of the privilege by evil-minded persons who might avail themselves of the shield of immunity from costs for the purpose of harassing those with whom they were not in accord, by subjecting them to vexatious and frivolous legal proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“be diligent in acting to prevent state prisoners from calling upon the financial support of the federal government to prosecute frivolous civil suits intended to harass state prison officials.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Evans v. Croom
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.