Davis v. Ruby Foods, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
269 F.3d 818 · 2001
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · Salahuddin v. Cuomo · Westinghouse Securities Litigation Md · Bennett v. Schmidt · Simmons v. Abruzzo
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“authorized to dismiss a complaint merely because it contains repetitious and irrelevant matter, a disposable husk around a core of proper pleading.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) a short and plain statement of the grounds upon which the court's jurisdiction depends, unless the court already has jurisdiction and the claim needs no new grounds of jurisdiction to support it, (2) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and (3) a demand for judgment for the relief the pleader seeks....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the essential function of a complaint under the civil rules ... is to put the defendant on notice of the plaintiff's claim.”
1 later decision 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.