Moreland v. Wharton’s Empirical Analysis
899 F.2d 1168 · 1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently January 2017
2 federal appellate ·
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 Estelle v. Gamble · Neitzke v. Williams · Washingtonsouthern Nav Co v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co · Kinney v. Plymouth Rock Squab Co. · Hamm v. County
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if a complaint presents an arguable basis in law and asserts something other than fanciful factual allegations, the district court may not dismiss an action until the court has conducted a 'sufficient inquiry' to determine whether the plaintiff's realistic chances of ultimate success are slight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“may dismiss the case if the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Harris v. Menendez, 817 F.2d 737 , 739 (11th Cir.1987). Furthermore,”
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.