Washington v. Geren’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
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.
“pro se complaint is entitled to liberal construction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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“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.