Barnhill v. Doiron’s Empirical Analysis
958 F.2d 200 · 1992
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently April 2015 · most notably Johnson v. Doughty (2006), Zarnes v. Rhodes (1995)
17 federal appellate ·
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 Maclin v. Freake · Howland v. Kilquist · Wilkins v. May · Merritt v. Faulkner · Jackson v. County of McLean
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“should not undertake the Maclin inquiry without first determining whether the prisoner made reasonable efforts to retain counsel before resorting to an appointment by the court.” Barnhill, 958 F.2d at 202 (emphasis added). Because of the inconsistency between Castillo and the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he assistance of counsel would have added little--if indeed anything--to his understanding of the relevant issues,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“legal issues raised by [the petitioner's] complaint [we]re straightforward and readily comprehensible”
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.