Van Tu’s Empirical Analysis
364 F.3d 1196 · 2004
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Robinson v. Johnson · Sanchez-Espinoza v. Reagan · Industrial Constructors Corporation v. United States Bureau of Reclamation H T · Sheets v. Salt Lake County
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under federal law, the statute of limitations on a Bivens claim begins to run when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the existence and cause of the injury which is the basis of his action.”
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.