Freeman v. Abdullah’s Empirical Analysis
925 F.2d 266 · 1991
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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 Neitzke v. Williams · In re Epps · Divers v. Department of Corrections · Saleem v. Evans
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A complaint can be dismissed prior to service of process only if it is frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wabasha v. Smith
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.