Wong v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
642 F.2d 359 · 1981
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Lee v. City of Los Angeles (2001), Sparling
22 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
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
Relies on Singleton v. Wulff · Hormel v. Helvering · Kleindienst v. Mandel · Reamer v. Beall · Turner v. City of Memphis
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“afford plaintiffs `an opportunity to at least submit a written memorandum in opposition to such motion.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A trial court may act on its own initiative to note the inadequacy of a complaint and dismiss it for failure to state a claim....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In such an instance, 'a federal appellate court is justified in resolving an issue not passed on below.'”
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.