Olson v. Coleman’s Empirical Analysis
997 F.2d 726 · 1993
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Young v. Selsky (1994), Canady Sandlin v. L Canady L Smith (1995)
11 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
Relies on Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · Goldstein v. Garrity · in Re Jessie McDonald · Braley v. Campbell · In Re Michael Sindram
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[j]udgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit or action as in other cases.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Billy v. Bewley · Cromar v. Railey“'in forma pauperis status pursuant to § 1915(a) does not preclude the court from assessing costs at the conclusion of the suit.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Billy v. Bewley“An appeal is frivolous when the result is obvious, or the appellant's arguments of error are wholly without merit.'”
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.