Whitson v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 1406 · 1985
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D. · United States v. Patterson · Nicholson v. Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc. · Mewburn's Heirs v. Bass
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Alabama law provided that: If anyone entitled to commence any ... [action] ... is, at the time such right accrues, ... imprisoned on a criminal charge for any term less than for life, he shall have three years, or the period allowed by law for the commencement of such action if it be less than three years, after the termination of such disability to commence an action....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the terms “imprisoned” and “criminal charge” are generally broad enough to include someone being held in a jail awaiting trial, those terms are qualified in this statute by the phrase “for any term less than life.” The word “term” appears to us to refer to a period of prescribed duration. It appears, therefore, that the legislature intended for the statute to apply to prisoners who have been convicted and are serving sentences of less than life.”
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.