Lennox v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
87 F.3d 431 · 1996
Citation profile
235
cited by 235 later decisions
December 2001
most recently cited
148 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Townsend v. Sain · Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Barefoot v. Estelle · Herrera v. Collins
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 235 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
70 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“make a substantial showing of the denial of a federal constitutional right.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a substantial showing of the denial of a federal right”
6 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.