Alston v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis
363 F.3d 229 · 2004
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 50 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 323 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Phillips v. County of Allegheny (2008), Spruill v. Gillis (2004)
26 federal appellate · 50 district · 3 state decisions
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · Vitek v. Jones · In re Burlington Coat Factory Securities Litigation · Grayson v. Mayview State Hospital
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 323 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff need only make out a claim upon which relief can be granted. If more facts are necessary to resolve or clarify the disputed issues, the parties may avail themselves of the civil discovery mechanisms under the Federal Rules.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e suggest that district judges expressly state, where appropriate, that the plaintiff has leave to amend within a specified period of time, and that application for dismissal of the action may be made if a timely amendment is not forthcoming within that time. If the plaintiff does not desire to amend, he may file an appropriate notice with the district court asserting his intent to stand on the complaint, at which time an order to dismiss the action would be appropriate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Del. Ch. Ct. R. 8 ('A pleading which sets forth a claims for relief ... shall contain. ... a short and plaint statement of the claims showing that the pleader is entitled to relief____’).”
2 later decisions 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.