Gentile v. Missouri Department of Corrections & Human Resources’s Empirical Analysis
986 F.2d 214 · 1993
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
May 2006
most recently cited
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Neitzke v. Williams · United States v. Rossbach (Donald P.) · Williams v. White
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The case should then proceed under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as any paid complaint does, except that if the Court becomes convinced at any time that the complaint is frivolous or malicious, it may revoke in forma pauperis status and dismiss the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cooper v. Caseworker“Whether leave to proceed in forma pauperis should be granted is to be decided initially on the basis of the complaint, before issuance and service of process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hobbs v. Lockhart
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.