Rudder v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
666 F.3d 790 · 2012
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 67 district ·
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 · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Graham v. Connor · KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Dismissal with prejudice is the exception, not the rule, in federal practice because it 'operates as a rejection of the plaintiff's claims on the merits and [ultimately] precludes further litigation of them.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“could not possibly cure the deficienc[ies]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Depu v. Yahoo! Inc.
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.