Barr v. Clinton’s Empirical Analysis
370 F.3d 1196 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 137 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 182 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably Aktieselskabet Af 21. November 2001 v. Fame Jeans Inc. (2008), American National Insurance v. Federal Deposit Insurance (2011)
15 federal appellate · 137 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell · Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp. · Browning v. Clinton
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 182 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“construe the complaint liberally, granting the plaintiff the benefit of all inferences that can be derived from the facts alleged[,]”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Among other things, section 1985 plaintiffs must allege the elements of civil conspiracy, including: 'an agreement to take part in an unlawful action or a lawful action in an unlawful manner.'”
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.