Kyle v. Chapman’s Empirical Analysis
208 F.3d 940 · 2000
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · GJR Investments, Inc. v. County of Escambia · Valinda Oladeinde Patricia Fields v. City of Birmingham Rl
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he complaint can be fairly read to aver that all defendants are responsible for the alleged conduct.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“Defendants are entitled to qualified immunity in a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss only if the complaint fails to allege facts that would show a violation of a clearly established constitutional right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“heightened pleading requirement applicable to section 1983 actions against individual government officials”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.