Williams v. White’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 942 · 1990
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 Haines v. Kerner · Neitzke v. Williams · Hughes v. Rowe · Hutto v. Finney · Finney v. Hutto
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nless there is indisputably absent any factual or legal basis for the wrong asserted in the complaint, the trial court ... should permit the claim to proceed at least to the point where responsive pleadings are required”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gerdes v. Class · Webster v. Gibson“[d]ismissals under section 1915 are to be made early in the proceedings, before service of process on the defendant and before burdening a defendant with the necessity of making a responsive answer.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“it is determined the lawsuit is baseless and that the plaintiff cannot make any rational argument in law or fact entitling him to relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.