David Darrell Moore v. Ray Mabus

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ordering the district court to appoint counsel to assist the plaintiff, state, and federal court in resolving “important unanswered questions.”
• reversing § 1915(d) dismissal based on \potentially erroneous legal conclusions\ (citing Neitzke, 490 U.S. at 328-30, 109 S. Ct. at 1833-34)
• explaining the distinction between factual and legal frivolousness in in forma pauperis complaints

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tabron v. Grace
  Third Circuit· 1993-10-05· cited 1,089×
• John Doe v. Joan Delie
  Third Circuit· 2001-07-24· cited 323×
• Booker v. Koonce
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-09-13· cited 225×
• Dennis Anderson v. Gilberto Romero and Arthur Douglas
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-12-15· cited 222×
• Christopher J. Murphy v. J.A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-08-02· cited 176×
• Wayne Powell, as of the Estate of Dana Kimberly Devilla v. Sunny Schriver, Superintendent Thomas A. Coughlin, III C.O. Lynch C.O. Crowley
  Second Circuit· 1999-04-02· cited 164×
• James Haynes Camarillo v. Daniel J. McCarthy Director
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-07-01· cited 138×
• Thad Delaughter v. Ronald Woodall
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-11-19· cited 117×
• Seaton v. Mayberg
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-06-30· cited 113×
• Eason v. Holt
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-01-26· cited 112×
• Humphries v. Various Federal Usins Employees
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-01-21· cited 91×
• Jeffrey Tokar v. Bill Armontrout Robert Drennen Myrna E. Trickey
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-10-08· cited 62×
• Smith v. Ogbuehi
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-08-06· cited 32×
• Spencer Charles Parker v. Fort Worth Police Department, and Arresting Officers
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-01-12· cited 26×
• Ruiz v. Johnson
  S.D. Texas· 1999-03-01· cited 26×
• Callaway v. Smith County
  E.D. Texas· 1998-01-21· cited 18×
• Carl Albert Gilbertson v. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-06-11· cited 14×
• Desroche v. Strain
  E.D. Louisiana· 2007-08-16· cited 11×
• Gates v. Cook
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-11-21· cited 10×
• Doe v. Beard
  C.D. California· 2014-11-18· cited 10×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Neitzke v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 22,300×
• Denton v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-04· cited 9,936×
• Wilson v. Seiter
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 6,530×
• Turner v. Safley
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-01· cited 6,491×
• Genus D. Ulmer v. George Chancellor, Sheriff, and Jones County Board of Supervisors
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-08· cited 851×
• Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-07-03· cited 837×
• Moore v. Mabus
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-04-16· cited 2×