Roberts v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis
627 F.3d 768 · 2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Pace v. Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford · Evans v. Chavis · Laws v. Aa Lamarque · Roy v. Lampert · Gaston v. Palmer
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 21 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 circumstances stood in his way.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Spinks
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.