Perez v. Posse Comitatus’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.3d 321 · 2004
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc. · Oliveri v. Thompson · Townsend v. Holman Consulting Corp.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper — whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it — an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person’s knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances: (2) the claims ... are warranted by existing law or by a non-frivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law; (3) the factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery [.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even if the district court concludes that the assertion of a given claim violates Rule 11, however, the decision whether or not to impose sanctions is a matter for the court's discretion.”
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.