Richardson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
598 F.3d 734 · 2010
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 28 U.S.C. § 561 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Farrow v. West · Dean v. Barber · Leal v. Georgia Department of Corrections · Arrington v. Cobb County
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motion for reconsideration cannot be used to relitigate old matters, raise argument or present evidence that could have been raised prior to the entry of judgment.”) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). The Court declines to reconsider its May 5 determination that the Foleys are not entitled to entry of summary judgment. . The Foleys take this argument several steps further in their Motion to Strike, wherein they assert that the May 5 Order's finding of ambiguity”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a general matter, fictitious-party pleading is not permitted in federal court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is unreasonable to expect incarcerated and unrepresented prisoner-litigants to provide the current addresses of prison-guard defendants who no longer work at the prison. Thus, ... as long as the court-appointed agent can locate the prison-guard defendant with reasonable effort, prisoner-litigants who provide enough information to identify the prison-guard defendant have established good cause for Rule 4(m) purposes.”
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.