Hernandez v. Denton’s Empirical Analysis
929 F.2d 1374 · 1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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 · Franklin v. Murphy · Jackson II v. State of Arizona · Tripati v. First National Bank & Trust · Hernandez v. Denton
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“accords judges not only the authority to dismiss a claim based on an indisputably meritless legal theory, but also the unusual power to pierce the veil of the complaint's factual allegations and dismiss those claims whose factual contentions are clearly baseless.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Denton v. Hernandez“are claims describing fantastic or delusional scenarios, claims with which federal district judges are all too familiar.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Denton v. Hernandez“is frivolous where it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kinkade v. Goldsmith
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.