Mohamad v. Rajoub’s Empirical Analysis
634 F.3d 604 · 2011
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 12 district ·
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 1 (Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002) · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain · Clinton v. City of New York · Commissioner v. Lundy · Asgrow Seed Company v. Winterboer
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Liability. — An individual who, under actual or apparent authority, or color of law, of any foreign nation— (1) subjects an individual to torture shall, in a civil action, be liable for damages to that individual; or (2) subjects an individual to extrajudicial killing shall, in a civil action, be liable for damages to the individual’s legal representative, or to any person who may be a claimant in an action for wrongful death.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“' [T]he normal rule of statutory construction [is] that identical words used in different parts of tile same act are intended to have the same meaning.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, * * * as well as individuals.'”
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.