Clark James Redford v. Samuel W. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
543 F.2d 726 · 1976
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 1996 · most notably Brinlee v. Crisp (1979), Case v. Mondragon (1989)
20 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
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 Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Stone v. Powell · Bumper v. North Carolina · Lisenba v. People of State of California · Gouled v. United States
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he court may ... dismiss the case if the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Angel Robles, A. Dukes, D. Hooker, R. Bonner, D. Andrews, E. Lowe, R. Winifield, T. Ephram, M. Payne and R. Rassley, Angel Robles and Milton Payne v. T.A. Coughlin, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services and H.J. Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility (Acf), Angel Robles and Milton Payne v. T.A. Coughlin, Commissioner, Department of Correctional Services H.J. Smith, Superintendent, Acf Sgt. Hinnenburg, Acf and Correction Officer Wisiorek, Acf · Robles v. Ta Coughlin Hj Robles“The federal courts are bound by a state's interpretation of its own statutes.”
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.