Pratt v. Tarr’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate ·

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

1. “[Although conspiracy is not something that Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires be proved with particularity ... it differs from other claims in having a degree of vagueness that makes a bare claim of ‘conspiracy’ wholly uninformative to the defendant. Federal pleading entitles a defendant to notice of the plaintiffs claim so that he can prepare responsive pleadings. That is why courts require the plaintiff to allege the parties, the general purpose, and the approximate date of the conspiracy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 607 F. Supp. 2d 911 - Rangel v. Reynolds

2. “[I]t is not enough for a plaintiff to allege that the prison did not supply him with [legal] materials. That wouldn’t give the prison a clue as to what injury the plaintiff was alleging, and the prison would therefore have no idea how to go about preparing its defense. To survive a motion to dismiss, the complaint would have to go on and allege that as a result of the prison’s action the plaintiff had lost a case or suffered some other legal setback.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 480 F. Supp. 2d 1120 - Vasquez v. Raemisch

3. “fair notice of the claims against [the defendant] and a reasonable opportunity to form an answer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bowers v. Fdration Internationale De L'Automobile