Lay v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 231 · 1988
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Mendoza v. Lynaugh (1993), Gartrell v. Gaylor (1993)
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · Goldstein v. Garrity · Thomas v. United States · Duhart v. Carlson · Flint v. Haynes
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“costs at the conclusion of the suit or action as in other cases.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ronald Weaver Leo McKaye Morris Martin v. Raymond Toombs Robert Brown, Jr. Donald Mason Robert Mulvaney Ted Strassburg · Arkamel Ray Sales v. R.C. Marshall, Warden, John Horn, Nursing Supt., Nancy Shaw, Nurse, Roger MacAlister Nurse, William Hunter v. Huey Blair, State of Ohio/socf, Intervenor-Appellant“in subsection (a) indicates that Congress did not intend to waive forever the payment of costs, but rather it intended to allow qualified litigants to proceed without having to advance the fees and costs associated with litigation. By permitting the court to enter judgment for costs”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e have expressly warned Lay that his litigiousness must be controlled.”
4 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.