Reynoldson v. Shillinger’s Empirical Analysis
907 F.2d 124 · 1990
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2023 · most notably Sandin v. Conner (1995), Hall v. Bellmon (1991)
26 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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 · Haines v. Kerner · Neitzke v. Williams · Hewitt v. Helms · Hughes v. Rowe
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]articularly when deficiencies in a complaint are attributable to oversights likely the result of an untutored pro se litigant's ignorance of special pleading requirements, dismissal of the complaint without prejudice is preferable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f it is at all possible that the party against whom the dismissal is directed can correct the defect in the pleading or state a claim for relief, the court should dismiss with leave to amend.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“only be dismissed for failure to state a claim if it appears 'beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Herrera v. Nieto
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.