Willis Sisley Mail Carrier v. Rick Leyendecker’s Empirical Analysis
260 F.3d 849 · 2001
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Bush v. Lucas · Schweiker v. Chilicky · Roman v. United States Postal Service · John Young/appellant v. City of St Charles Missouri David King
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`In determining whether the district court properly granted the motion, we must accept all of the allegations set forth in [the plaintiff's] complaint as true, and we will affirm only if it appears beyond doubt that he cannot prove any set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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