Iqbal v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
574 F.3d 820 · 2009
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
February 2016
most recently cited
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. · Iqbal v. Hasty · Sims v. Blot
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a district court's decision whether to grant or deny leave to amend, rather than making that decision for ourselves in the first instance.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“provides that, soon after filing an initial pleading, `a party may amend its pleading only with the opposing party's written consent or the court's leave,' but that `[tlhe court should freely give leave when justice so requires.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“when justice so requires.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a)(2); cf. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1954 (remanding to this Court to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hayden v. Paterson
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.