Bennett v. McBride’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Parratt v. Taylor · Daniels v. Williams · Hudson v. Palmer · Sandin v. Conner · Zinermon v. Burch
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under Michigan law, a prisoner's present account balance of zero does not necessarily mean that the prisoner is entitled to a waiver of an initial partial filing fee”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Howard v. Whitbeck
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.