Edwards v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
March 2019
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Holland v. Florida · Holland v. Florida · Tamayo v. Blagojevich
Most-quoted passages
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“Although generally a plaintiff is not required to plead around an affirmative defense, such as a statute of limitations, [a] court can dismiss a complaint as untimely if the plaintiff has admitted all the elements of the affirmative defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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