Tedder v. Odel’s Empirical Analysis
890 F.2d 210 · 1989
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Tabron v. Grace (1993), In the Matter of Kelly Dennis v. Kelly Dennis and Gulf South Title Corporation
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 · 28 U.S.C. § 455 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Penson v. Ohio · Kruso v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. · United States v. MacCollom · Fu-Kong Tzung Jean Tzung v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, and Does 1 Through 100, Inclusive
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.
“the expenditure of public funds [on behalf of an indigent litigant] is proper only when authorized by Congress....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) [a]ny court of the United States may authorize the commencement, prosecution or defense of any suit, action or proceeding, ... without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor, by a person who makes affidavit that he is unable to pay such costs or give security therefor ... (c) [t]he officers of the court shall issue and serve all process, and perform all duties in such cases. Witnesses shall attend as in other cases, and the same remedies shall be available as are provided for by law in other cases.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may authorize the commencement, prosecution or defense of any suit, action or proceeding ... without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor.”
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.