Smith-Bey v. Cripe’s Empirical Analysis
852 F.2d 592 · 1988
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably McGuckin v. Smith (1992), Brown v. District of Columbia (2008)
14 federal appellate · 8 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
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Haines v. Kerner · Link v. Wabash Railroad · Russell v. United States · Idaho ex rel. Evans v. Oregon
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is probable that service could yet be obtained”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If service of the summons and complaint is not made upon a defendant within 120 days after the filing of the complaint, the court, upon motion or on its own initiative after notice to the plaintiff, shall dismiss the action without prejudice as to that defendant or direct that service be effected within a specific time; provided that if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court shall extend the time for service for an appropriate period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`particularly . . if the plaintiff has been previously warned that he must act with more diligence, or if he has failed to obey the rules or court orders, or if he has no excuse for the delay, or if there are other factors aggravating the inaction.'”
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.