John Madison and Kim Madison v. E. Wilson Purdy and Richard E. Gerstein’s Empirical Analysis
410 F.2d 99 · 1969
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2013 · most notably Imbler v. Pachtman (1976), Brooks Jd v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc (1997)
21 federal appellate · 5 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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Pierson v. Ray · Barbara A. Nesmith and Richard A. Nesmith v. H. D. Alford · Lewis v. Brautigam · Bobby Jones Garden Apartments, Inc. v. Suleski
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““If, on a motion asserting the defense numbered (6) to dismiss for failure of the pleading to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, matters outside the pleading are presented to and not excluded by the court, the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment and disposed of as provided in Rule 56, and all parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to present all material made pertinent to such a motion by Rule 56.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the practice of dismissing claims 'on the basis of the barebone pleadings is a precarious one with a high mortality rate.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Powers v. Coe
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.