Morrow v. Igleburger’s Empirical Analysis
584 F.2d 767 · 1978
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently July 1996 · most notably McCann v. Coughlin (1983), Merritt v. Faulkner (1983)
24 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1821 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Carey v. Piphus · Wood v. Strickland · Richardson v. Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. · Glasson v. City of Louisville · Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew, Michael Arthur Donovan v. Earl Reinbold and Harley Askew
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]itnesses shall attend as in other cases....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We think that it is within the sound discretion of the district court to order the payment of witness fees as well as other normal costs, out of government funds under Section 1915 where the court has made an initial determination that the litigant is without funds in its grant of in forma pauperis status, and upon the further showing that the witness is necessary for the full presentation of the litigant’s case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]nce a violation of civil rights is found, a plaintiff may recover for out-of-pocket expenses and emotional distress, but there must be sufficient evidence to support such a finding.”
2 later decisions 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.