McGriff v. Vidovich’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Neitzke v. Williams · Haring v. Prosise · Johnson v. COM., PA. BD. OF PROB. & PAR. · Maleski v. PARCare, Inc. · Renk v. City of Pittsburgh
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(j) If, simultaneous with the commencement of an action or proceeding or the taking of an appeal, a party has filed a petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the court prior to acting upon the petition may dismiss the action, proceeding or appeal if the allegation of poverty is untrue or if it is satisfied that the action, proceeding or appeal is frivolous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A frivolous action or proceeding has been defined as one that `lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jetter v. KERESTES“if, on its face, it does not set forth a valid cause of action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jetter v. KERESTES
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.