Dolence v. Flynn’s Empirical Analysis
628 F.2d 1280 · 1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Lorillard v. Pons · Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · Curtis v. Loether · Ross v. Bernhard
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test for determining if an action is frivolous is whether plaintiff can make a rational argument on the facts or law in support of his claim....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Osborn v. Shillinger
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.