In Re Willis Donald Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing the denial of IFP status as to the litigation expenses to a prisoner where the filing fee represented about 30% of the prisoner's account balance
• § 1915 \is designed to enable impecunious persons to present their claims in federal court\
• “We cannot endorse [any] interpretation or application of § 1915 that so rigidly employs the filing fee as a talisman which demarcates paupers from those considered to have funds sufficient to be able to pay it.”
• pauper status granted to prisoner with $65.85 in prison account

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. Croom
  Fourth Circuit· 1981-06-04· cited 497×
• Temple v. Ellerthorpe
  D. Rhode Island· 1984-05-23· cited 348×
• Danny Clark CROSS, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellee
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-11-18· cited 299×
• Carl D. Potnick v. Eastern State Hospital, Carl D. Potnick v. Suffolk Police
  Second Circuit· 1983-02-28· cited 192×
• In Re Jewell Williamson
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-03-31· cited 73×
• In Re Lawrence Epps
  Second Circuit· 1989-11-01· cited 62×
• Ali v. Cuyler
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1982-09-14· cited 62×
• Benjamin Harrison Williams, Jr. v. Charlie Rhoden, Charles Tompkins, J. S. Padgett
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-11-06· cited 29×
• Edom Williams v. Carl White
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-04-30· cited 28×
• Foust v. Pearman
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1992-09-29· cited 22×
• State Ex Rel. Coats v. Lewis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-04-09· cited 17×
• Henry L. McCONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOLIDAY INN CONVENTION CENTER, Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-07-22· cited 7×
• Vance v. District Court of Fremont County
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1995-11-24· cited 6×
• In Re Phillips
  W.D. Virginia· 2007-08-20· cited 5×
• Jones v. Ritterbusch
  W.D. Missouri· 1982-09-16· cited 4×
• Gale v. Moore
  W.D. Missouri· 1984-06-13· cited 4×
• Everett R. Lyon v. Del Vande Krol
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-10-17· cited 3×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1981-06-04· cited 1×
• Shore v. Pa. Dep't of Corr.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-18· cited 1×
• Beacom v. Veterans Administration
  W.D. Missouri· 1981-01-13· cited 1×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1948-12-20· cited 3,220×
• Vincente Gatica Startti v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-09-12· cited 143×
• Richard Venable v. William H. Meyers, Defendant-Appelleant
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-07-16· cited 105×
• Kenneth Souder v. Michael McGuire Superintendent, Farview State Hospital, Waymart, Pennsylvania
  Third Circuit· 1975-05-13· cited 84×
• Rhodes v. Houston
  D. Nebraska· 1966-09-08· cited 40×
• Eugene Forester v. The California Adult Authority
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-01-30· cited 38×
• Eisenberg v. Board of Wisconsin State Bar Commissioners
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-05· cited 37×
• Paul E. Rhodes v. Norval Houston, Paul E. Rhodes v. Clarence A. H. Meyer, Paul E. Rhodes v. Richard M. Van Steenberg
  Eighth Circuit· 1969-12-04· cited 28×
• Albert H. Carter and Richard E. Chapman v. V. Bailey Thomas, Clerk, U.S. District Court, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-03-05· cited 27×
• Ex parte Tyler
  E.D. Missouri· 1975-12-05· cited 20×
• Carroll v. United States
  S.D. Texas· 1970-12-11· cited 18×
• Shimabuku v. Britton
  D. Kansas· 1973-02-26· cited 18×
• Shimabuku v. Britton
  Tenth Circuit· 1974-09-10· cited 17×
• Ward v. Werner
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1974-01-10· cited 16×
• Sejeck v. Singer Mfg. Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1953-07-06· cited 13×
• Tyler v. Callahan
  E.D. Missouri· 1977-04-07· cited 4×
• Tyler v. Callahan
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-02-15· cited 1×