Zoltek Corp. v. Structural Polymer Group’s Empirical Analysis
592 F.3d 893 · 2010
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · In re Kalil · Stalley ex rel. United States v. Catholic Health Initiatives
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'draw[ing] on [their own] judicial experience and common sense.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'draw[ing] on [their own] judicial experience and common sense.' " Whitney v. Guys, Inc. , 700 F.3d 1118 , 1128 (8th Cir. 2012) (quoting Iqbal , 556 U.S. at 679 , 129 S.Ct. 1937 ). Also, courts " 'review the plausibility of the plaintiff's claim as a whole, not the plausibility of each individual allegation.' " Id. (quoting Zoltek Corp. v. Structural Polymer Grp. , 592 F.3d 893 , 896 n. 4 (8th Cir. 2010) ). While factual "plausibility”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“involving a commercial transaction between merchants, a fraud claim to recover economic losses must be independent of the contract or such claim would be precluded by the economic loss doctrine.”
1 later decision 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.