530 F. Supp. 2d 112 - Abdullah v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 district ·

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

1. “Because amendments are to be liberally granted, the non-movant bears the burden of showing why an amendment should not be allowed.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cause of Action Inst. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice · Klayman v. Judicial Watch, Inc.

2. “If the underlying facts or circumstances relied upon by a plaintiff may be a proper subject of relief, he ought to be afforded an opportunity to test his claim on the merits. In the absence of any apparent or declared reason — such as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed" [or] undue prejudice to the opposing party by' virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc. — the leave sought should, as the rules require, be “freely given.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 981 F. Supp. 2d 78 - Douglas v. District of Columbia Housing Authority · 42 F. Supp. 3d 52 - Driscoll v. George Washington University