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Richards v. Mitcheff’s Empirical Analysis

696 F.3d 635 · 2012

Citation profile

60
cited by 60 later decisions
January 2025
most recently cited

5 federal appellate ·

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 · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · Erickson v. Pardus

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

  1. “A motion under Rule 12(b)(6) tests whether the complaint states a claim on which relief may be granted.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Cornielsen v. Infinium Capital Mgmt., LLC · 376 F. Supp. 3d 849 - Wilson v. Ill. Dep't of Fin. & Prof'l Regulation
  2. “Complaints need not anticipate defenses and attempt to defeat them.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Cox Auto., Inc. v. CDK Global, LLC (In re Dealer Mgmt. Sys. Antitrust Litig.) · 362 F. Supp. 3d 477 - Loop, LLC v. CDK Global, LLC (In re Dealer Mgmt. Sys. Antitrust Litig.)

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.