Dewitt v. Corizon, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate ·

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Though the district court need not address every point raised in recruitment motions, it must address those that bear directly on whether 'the difficulty of the case-factually and legally-exceeds the particular plaintiff's capacity as a layperson to coherently present it to the judge or jury himself.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. James v. Eli · McCaa v. Hamilton

2. “competency may not have been entirely his own ... courts must 'specifically examine[ ]' a plaintiff's 'personal ability to litigate the case, versus the ability of the”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McCaa v. Hamilton · Walker v. Price

3. “as a blind and indigent prisoner with a tenth-grade education and no legal experience, faced in being able to investigate crucial facts and depose witnesses, doctors, and other allegedly resistant prison personnel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pennewell v. Parish