Jafree v. Barber’s Empirical Analysis
689 F.2d 640 · 1982
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably Correa-Martinez v. Arrillaga-Belendez (1990), Car Carriers, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co. (1984)
27 federal appellate · 9 district ·
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 Conley v. Gibson · Foman v. Davis · Washington v. Davis · Griffin v. Breckenridge · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To sufficiently state a cause of action the plaintiff must allege some facts that demonstrate that his race was the reason for the defendant’s [action]. His failure to allege such facts rendered his discrimination claim under § 1981 or § 1985 incomplete, (emphasis supplied)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A party may amend his pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action has not been placed upon the trial calendar, he may so amend at any time within 20 days after it is served. Otherwise a party may amend his pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse party; and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any apparent or declared reason -- such as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of the allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc.”
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.