Fayer v. Vaughn’s Empirical Analysis
649 F.3d 1061 · 2011
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Beck v. State of Ohio · Devenpeck v. Alford · Western Mining Council v. Watt
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“assume the truth of legal conclusions merely because they are cast in the form of factual allegations.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conclusory allegations of law and unwarranted inferences are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“accept[s] factual allegations in the complaint as true and construe[s] the pleadings in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
11 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.