Thomas C. Fox v. Marion D. Strickland’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 507 · 1988
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 123 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently January 2020 · most notably Meade v. Grubbs (1988), Williams v. Browman (1992)
12 federal appellate · 123 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Wayne Hudson v. Kenneth L. Hardy · Ham v. Smith · American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“explanation of the risks attending failure to respond.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Diana M. Corto v. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Diana M. Corto v. National Scenery Studios, Inc., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Diana M. Corto v. John F. Kennedy Center Diana M. Corto v. John F. Kennedy Center Diana M. Corto v. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Diana M. Corto v. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts“should include an explanation that the failure to respond ... may result in the district court granting the motion and dismissing the case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“granting the motions ... and dismissing her [c]omplaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duru v. Mitchell
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.