Walia v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis

2014

Citation profile

cited by 3 later decisions

September 2018

most recently cited

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 1211 · 5 U.S.C. § 2302 · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974) · 5 U.S.C. § 7121

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Brady v. State of Maryland

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

“In New York, 'a malicious abuse-of-process claim lies against a defendant who (1) employs regularly issued legal process to compel performance or forbearance of some act (2) with intent to do harm without excuse o[r] justification, and (3) in order to obtain a collateral objective that is outside the legitimate ends of the process.' " Savino v. City of New York , 331 F.3d 63 , 76 (2d Cir. 2003) (quoting Cook v. Sheldon , 41 F.3d 73 , 80 (2d Cir. 1994) ). " 'Generally in the context of an abuse of process claim, "legal process means that a court issued the process, and the plaintiff will be penalized if he violates it.' "”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Backer v. Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.
“'[g]enerally in the context of an abuse of process claim, "legal process means that a court issued the process, and the plaintiff will be penalized if he violates it.' "”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Backer v. Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.

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.