Weaver v. Pung’s Empirical Analysis
925 F.2d 1097 · 1991
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Maleng v. Cook · Cross v. General Motors Corp. · Startti v. United States · Williams v. McKenzie
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Upon receipt of the petition and the filing fee, or an order granting leave to the petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis ..., the clerk of the district court shall file the petition and enter it on the docket in his office.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the opportunity to proceed in forma pauperis is a privilege, not a right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mann v. Norton
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.