Branch v. Tunnell’s Empirical Analysis
14 F.3d 449 · 1994
Citation profile
108 federal appellate · 106 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 622 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Lee v. City of Los Angeles (2001), Janas v. McCracken (1999)
108 federal appellate · 106 district · 13 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Franks v. Delaware · Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit
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 622 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“documents whose contents are alleged in a complaint and whose authenticity no party questions, but which are not physically attached to the pleading, may be considered in ruling on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss”
38 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a district court may not consider any material beyond the pleadings in ruling on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“material which is properly submitted as part of the complaint”
10 later decisions 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.