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← 675 FSUPP2D 26 - Washington v. Geren

Washington v. Geren’s Empirical Analysis

2009

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
June 2018
most recently cited

2 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 29 U.S.C. § 701 (Employment Opportunities for Individuals With Disabilities Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Haines v. Kerner

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “pro se complaint is entitled to liberal construction.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “in favor of the plaintiff, who must be granted the benefit of all inferences that can be derived from the facts alleged,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “a judge must accept as true all of the factual allegations contained in the complaint.”
    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.