Meilleur v. Strong’s Empirical Analysis
682 F.3d 56 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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 Shrader v. CSX Transportation, Inc. · Famous Horse Inc. v. 5th Ave. Photo Inc. · Romandette v. Weetabix Co. · Zapata v. City of New York · Johnson ex rel. United States v. University of Rochester Medical Center
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“construe notices of appeal liberally, taking the parties' intentions into account.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a plaintiff proceeding [ in forma pauperis ] chooses to rely on the Marshals to serve the relevant parties, and it becomes apparent that the Marshals will not accomplish this by the Rule 4(m) or court-ordered deadline, she must advise the district court that she is relying on the Marshals to effect service and request a further extension of time for them to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“harsh and we might well have exercised discretion differently were it for us to decide in the first instance.”
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.