Gregory v. Dillard's, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
565 F.3d 464 · 2009
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Jones v. McNeese (2012), Zoltek Corp. v. Structural Polymer Group (2010)
16 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Conley v. Gibson · Erickson v. Pardus · Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A district court, therefore, is not required to divine the litigant's intent and create claims that are not clearly raised, and it need not conjure up unpled allegations to save a complaint.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[A] plaintiff must assert facts that affirmatively and plausibly suggest that the pleader has the right he claims ..., rather than facts that are merely consistent with such a right. While a plaintiff need not set forth detailed factual allegations or specific facts that describe the evidence to be presented, the complaint must include sufficient factual allegations to provide the grounds on which the claim rests. A district court, therefore, is not required to divine the litigant’s intent and create claims that are not clearly raised, and it need not conjure up unpled allegations to save a complaint.”
2 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.