Ford v. Pryor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 13 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “Federal courts have the inherent power to regulate the activities of abusive litigants by imposing carefully tailored restrictions in appropriate circumstances. An injunction limiting further filings may be imposed where the litigant’s lengthy and abusive history is set forth; the court provides guidelines as to what the litigant may do to obtain its permission to file an action; and the litigant receives notice and an opportunity to oppose the court’s order before it is implemented.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 351 F. App'x 263 - Greenlee v. United States Postal Service

2. “Under Tax Court rules, summary judgment may be granted with respect to the legal issues in controversy if the pleadings, answers to interrogatories, depositions, admissions, and any other acceptable materials, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that a decision may be rendered as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chandler v. Commissioner

3. “In dismissing with prejudice, the district court considered evidence beyond the pleadings, a procedure to which Mr. Ford did not object, so we 'review the dismissal under the standard applicable to an entry of summary judgment.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. High Desert Relief, Inc. v. United States