Thomas v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
750 F.3d 899 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 811 (§ 201 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Wolff v. McDonnell · Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The requirement that parties seeking Rule 60(b) relief show some prospect of succeeding on the merits flows from the basic principle that courts should revive previously-dismissed claims only if they have some reason to believe that doing so will not ultimately waste judicial resources.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“This is so even if the claims were not originally resolved on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless the movant can demonstrate a meritorious claim or defense”
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.