Griffith v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.2d 822 · 1985
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 190 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Barfield v. Brierton (1989), Rand v. Rowland (1998)
51 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Procunier v. Martinez · J. Gordon Turnbull, Inc. v. Commissioner · Lewis v. Faulkner · Barker v. Norman
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 190 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“occupy a position significantly different from that occupied by litigants represented by counsel.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“express, ten-day notice of the summary judgment rules, of [her] right to file affidavits or other material in opposition to the motion, and of the consequences of default,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“motion [for summary judgment] shall be served at least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing.”
2 later decisions 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.