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Emmett Mann v. John Brenner’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

cited by 7 later decisions

September 2018

most recently cited

1 district ·

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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Conley v. Gibson · Foman v. Davis · Neitzke v. Williams

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“An equal protection claim may be brought by a “class of one,” an individual claiming “that []he has been intentionally treated differently from others similarly situated and that there is no rational basis for the difference in treatment.” Vill. of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562, 564 , 120 S.Ct. 1073 , 145 L.Ed.2d 1060 (2000) (per curiam). To state a claim under the “class of one” theory, a plaintiff must show that “(1) the defendant treated him differently from others similarly situated, (2) the defendant did so intentionally, and (3) there was no rational basis for the difference in treatment.” Phillips [v. County of Allegheny], 515 F.3d 243 [224] [ (3d Cir.2008) ] (quoting Hill v. Borough of Kutztown, 455 F.3d 225, 239 (3d Cir. 2006)).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 920 F. Supp. 2d 580 - Spiker v. Allegheny County Board of Probation & Parole · 752 F. Supp. 2d 575 - PROFESSIONAL DOG BREEDERS ADVISORY COUN. v. Wolff
“the purpose of the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is to secure every person within the State's jurisdiction against intentional and arbitrary discrimination, whether occasioned by express terms of a statute or by its improper execution through duly constituted agents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 752 F. Supp. 2d 575 - PROFESSIONAL DOG BREEDERS ADVISORY COUN. v. Wolff
“[ ] accused the defendants of manipulating building codes and ordinance violations to bring improper charges against him, intentionally damaging his property, and lodging other unspecified false criminal charges against him,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 752 F. Supp. 2d 575 - PROFESSIONAL DOG BREEDERS ADVISORY COUN. v. Wolff

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