Nance v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
912 F.2d 605 · 1990
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Chance v. Armstrong (1998), Hathaway v. Coughlin (1994)
9 federal appellate · 5 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 Estelle v. Gamble · Haines v. Kerner · Neitzke v. Williams · Martin Theatres of Texas, Inc. v. Bullock · Williams v. Smith
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a condition of urgency, one that may produce death, degeneration, or extreme pain”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the 'factual contentions are clearly baseless,' such as when allegations are the product of delusion or fantasy;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the claim is 'based on an indisputably meritless legal theory.'”
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.