Smith v. Frank’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 139 · 1991
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 701 (Employment Opportunities for Individuals With Disabilities Act)
Relies on Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · Hullum v. United States · Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School District · Greenhow v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Loya v. Desert Sands Unified School District
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We have previously held that a complaint is filed when it is placed in the actual or constructive custody of the clerk [of the court], despite any subsequent rejection by[the clerk] of the pleading for non-compliance with a provision of the local rules.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[L]ocal rules should not be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of the district court, but instead should merely regulate the practice within the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brengettcy v. Horton“Failure to object to special master's findings and conclusions is treated identically to failure to object to magistrate's findings and conclusions.”
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.