Cousins v. Lockyer’s Empirical Analysis
568 F.3d 1063 · 2009
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 32 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 148 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably Lopez-Valenzuela v. Arpaio (2014), Faulkner v. ADT Security Services, Inc. (2013)
21 federal appellate · 32 district ·
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 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan · Imbler v. Pachtman
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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a complaint need not contain detailed factual allegations ... it must plead 'enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conclusory allegations of law and unwarranted inferences are insufficient to avoid a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“All allegations of material fact are taken as true and construed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
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.