Miller v. Sumner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 federal appellate ·

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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]his is the only way to avoid uncertainty and chicanery.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pease v. McCormick · Becerril v. Kidd

2. “has no choice but to entrust the forwarding of his notice of appeal to prison authorities whom he cannot control and whose interests might be adverse to his.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Faile v. Upjohn Co. · Caldwell v. Amend

3. “that the mailbox was the only means available to him for sending his notice of appeal to the district court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Douglas v. Noelle · Caldwell v. Amend