Timson v. Sampson’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.3d 870 · 2008
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 578 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Sapuppo v. Allstate Floridian Insurance (2014), United States v. Erickson Meko Campbell (2022)
20 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1654 · 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act)
Relies on Horsley v. Feldt · United States Clausen v. Laboratory Corporation of America Inc · Ragsdale v. Rubbermaid, Inc. · Glover v. Liggett Group, Inc. · Lovett v. Ray
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 578 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While we read briefs filed by pro se litigants liberally, issues not briefed on appeal by a pro se litigant are deemed abandoned.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The absence of an explicit authorization for qui tam suits to be brought pro se could indicate ... an intention by Congress that qui tam suits be brought according to § 1654 and 'the established procedure which requires that only one licensed to practice law may conduct proceedings in court for anyone other than himself'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McGhee v. Light“[A] district court has great discretion when deciding whether to grant a motion for leave to amend a complaint following the filing of responsive pleadings:”). 6 . We review de novo the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim,”
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.