Burrell v. Newsome’s Empirical Analysis
883 F.2d 416 · 1989
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably Piotrowski v. City of Houston (2001), Mark Anthony Harris Michael Hegmann Janet Boyd Rose James (1999)
47 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Houston v. Lack · Owens v. Okure · Porzig v. Nolden · Sullivan v. United States · Wrenn v. Ohio Department of Mental Health
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the basis of the action.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well settled that the limitations period will commence to run immediately upon the removal of the disability of imprisonment. When the prisoner is freed from confinement, regardless of whether it is by an illegal means or by a legitimate means, the statute of limitations begins to run and it is not tolled by any subsequent imprisonment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““... a person is under a legal disability if the person is ... of unsound mind ... If a person entitled to bring a personal action is under a legal disability when the cause of action accrues, the time of the disability is not included in a limitations period.” (Emphasis added).”
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.