King v. Atiyeh’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 565 · 1987
Citation profile
109 federal appellate · 30 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 228 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Hal Roach Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co. (1989), Sands II v. Lewis Adoc (1989)
109 federal appellate · 30 district · 3 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 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Bounds v. Smith · Rizzo v. Goode · New Jersey Department of Corrections v. Nash · Bretz v. Kelman
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 228 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Pro se litigants must follow the same rules of procedure that govern other litigants.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reviewing court should focus on whether the individual plaintiff before it has been denied meaningful access”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ll causes of action alleged in an original complaint which are not alleged in an amended complaint are waived.”
5 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.