Good v. Allain’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 64 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently January 2018
11 federal appellate ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 3182 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Nettles v. Wainwright · Ulmer v. Chancellor · Trufant v. Autocon, Inc. · Crumley v. Snead · Moawad v. Childs
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“perceive no viable claim [the plaintiff] could include in an amended complaint.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a dismissal of a pro se complaint is warranted, it should generally be without prejudice in order to afford the plaintiff the opportunity to file an amended complaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If he had been denied the opportunity to challenge his removal from Mississippi, he might have a viable Sec. 1983 claim.”
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.