Chute v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
281 F.3d 314 · 2002
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 32 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Gagliardi v. Sullivan (2008), Cepero-Rivera v. Fagundo (2005)
18 federal appellate · 32 district ·
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
Relies on The Clorox Company Puerto Rico the Proctor Gamble Commercial Company · Carparts Distribution Center, Inc. v. Automotive Wholesaler's Ass'n of New England, Inc. · George Michael Curley v. Rob Perry John Shanks Ron Lytle New Mexico Corrections Department United States of America · O'Brien v. Rj O'Brien & Associates Inc · Pardazi v. Cullman Medical Center
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he general rule is that in limited circumstances, sua sponte dismissals of complaints under Rule 12(b)(6)... are appropriate, but that such dismissals are erroneous unless the parties have been afforded notice and an opportunity to amend the complaint or otherwise respond.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“are strong medicine[] and should be dispensed sparingly.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“crystal clear that the plaintiff cannot prevail and that amending the complaint would be futile[.]”
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.