Fox v. Grayson’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on William Marbury v. James Madison · Ford v. United States · Chevron Inc v. Echazabal · James v. Wilson · Beckham v. Bd. of Educ. of Jefferson Cty.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted is a pure question of law, a reviewing court owes no deference to a trial court's determination; instead, an appellate court reviews the issue de novo.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is well settled in this jurisdiction when considering a motion to dismiss under [ Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure (CR) 12.02 ] that the pleadings should be liberally construed in a light most favorable to the plaintiff and all allegations taken in the complaint to be true.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] court should not dismiss an action for failure to state a claim unless the pleading party appears not to be entitled to relief under any set of facts which could be proven in support of his claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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