Robertson v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.3d 781 · 2010
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Lawrence v. Florida · Holland v. Florida · Dunlap v. United States · Graham-Humphreys v. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Inc.
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, a litigant seeking equitable tolling bears the burden of establishing two elements: (1) that he has been pursuing his rights diligently, and (2) that some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Browe v. CTC Corp.“[t]he party seeking equitable tolling bears the burden of proving he is entitled to it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Browe v. CTC Corp.
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.