Street v. Vose’s Empirical Analysis
936 F.2d 38 · 1991
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 33 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Morris v. Government Development Bank (1994), LaChapelle v. Berkshire Life Insurance (1998)
37 federal appellate · 33 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 · Wilson v. Garcia · Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio · Owens v. Okure · Hardin v. Straub
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the plaintiff knows, or has reason to know, of the injury on which the action is based.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“district courts may wish to issue an order to show cause to a plaintiff whose complaint suggests that it is legally meritless because it is barred by the statute of limitations. This will give the plaintiff an opportunity to demonstrate whether the state's tolling provisions apply.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the person entitled thereto is a minor, or is incapacitated by reason of mental illness when a right to bring an action first accrues, the action may be commenced within the time hereinbefore limited after the disability is removed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Street v. Cameron
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.