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Bistrian v. Levi’s Empirical Analysis

696 F.3d 352 · 2012

Citation profile

117
cited by 117 later decisions
March 2025
most recently cited

16 federal appellate · 25 district ·

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 113 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 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 · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Anderson v. Creighton

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

  1. “a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense.”
    12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Beers-Capitol [v. Whetzel] , 256 F.3d [120] at 125 [ (3d Cir. 2001) ]. It is not sufficient that the official should have known of the risk. Id. at 133. A plaintiff [must] prove an official's actual knowledge of a substantial risk to his safety .... Bistrian , 696 F.3d at 367-69 ; (”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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