Knievel v. ESPN’s Empirical Analysis
393 F.3d 1068 · 2005
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 47 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 405 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Silvas v. E*Trade Mortgage Corp. (2008), Davis v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. (2012)
53 federal appellate · 47 district · 5 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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Erie Co v. Tompkins · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Hanna v. Plumer · Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
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 405 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“accept all factual allegations in the complaint as true and construe the pleadings in the light most favorable”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the plaintiff does not explicitly allege the contents of that document in the complaint.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“consider 'documents whose contents are alleged in a complaint and whose authenticity no party questions, but which are not physically attached to the [plaintiff's] pleading.'”
9 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.