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Supreme Court· 2/21/1989

In re McDonald

Citations

  • 489 U.S. 180

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that courts have responsibility to ensure that their \resources are allocated in a way that promotes the interests of justice\
  • recognizing that courts have responsibility to ensure that their “resources are allocated in a way that promotes the interests of justice”
  • noting that filing fees, in theory, help discourage frivolous lawsuits and allocate judicial resources to more meritorious cases
  • finding that “[ejvery paper filed with the Clerk of this Court, no matter how repetitious or frivolous, requires some portion of the institution’s limited resources”
  • noting that “[e]very paper filed with the Clerk of this Court, no matter how repetitious or frivolous, requires some portion of the institution’s limited resources”
  • explaining that pro se plaintiffs with IFP filing status “are not subject to the financial considerations—filing fees and attorney’s fees—that deter other litigants from filing frivolous” documents

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens, Whom

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

Cites

61 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named In re McDonald

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