Wilborn v. Escalderon’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.2d 1328 · 1986
Citation profile
141 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 236 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Terrell v. Brewer (1991), Wood v. Housewright (1990)
141 federal appellate · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Haines v. Kerner · Parratt v. Taylor · Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller
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 236 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the likelihood of success on the merits [and] the ability of the petitioner to articulate his claims pro se in light of the complexity of the legal issues involved.”
23 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may request an attorney to represent any such person unable to employ counsel.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to the continuation of any alleged conspiracy by the defendants to form a racketeering enterprise to deprive drivers of union representation, employee rights, and employee benefits. The district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Wolfe's discovery request since he lacked standing to bring an action alleging a RICO conspiracy under § 1962(d). 4. Appointment of Counsel 8 The district court refused to appoint counsel for Wolfe pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Section 1915(d) permits the appointment of counsel in civil cases only under”
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.